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The Royal Belfast Hospital For Sick Children, Belfast:

 

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Department of Paediatric Nephrology
History:
Paediatric Nephrology was established in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children by Professor Maurice Savage in 1980. Initially paediatric transplantation for small children took place here and larger children were transplanted in Belfast City Hospital. Since 1996 all paediatric transplantation has taken place here. The unit has three haemodialysis stations and inpatients occupy 4-6 beds in an 18 bedded medical ward.

The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is a 120 bedded regional Hospital but plans have been approved for a new £316m Women & Children's Hospital with an estimated completion date of 2012. This will contain a purpose built nephro-urology unit.

About the department:
Dialysis numbers: 6 haemodialysis 6 peritoneal dialysis
Transplant numbers: See Renal Association Belfast City Hospital data – Paediatric data for Belfast included
Special interests: Congenital nephrotic syndrome
Members of the team:

Professor Maurice Savage
Dr Mary O’Connor
Dr Eva Simkova

Contacts for holiday dialysis:

HD:  Specialist Renal Nurses Tel 02890634153
PD: Specialist Renal Nurses Tel 02890634153

Contact information: Dialysis:

02890634153

  Secretaries:
Professor Savage
Dr O’Connor
Dr Simkova

02890632439
02890633976
02890632694
  Musgrave Ward: 02890633301

 

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