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BUFFALO, NEW YORK; JANUARY 22, 2009-The New York State Department of Health (NYS-DOH) recently gave "initial approval" to Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Corporation to allow conversion of four (4) acute renal dialysis stations to chronic renal dialysis stations, pending final steps in the approval process.
ECMC currently operates fourteen (14) dialysis stations within the medical center. Ten (10) stations are approved to operate as chronic renal dialysis stations. Four (4) are designated as acute renal dialysis stations. The ten (10) chronic stations are currently at maximum capacity.
To respond to the increased demand to serve chronic renal dialysis patients, ECMC applied to the NYS-DOH for authorization to certify four (4) additional chronic renal dialysis stations to provide services for emergency referrals of patients requiring dialysis.
The ECMC Corporation includes an advanced academic medical center (ECMC) with 550 inpatient beds and 136 skilled-nursing-home beds, on- and off-campus health centers, over 40 outpatient specialty care clinics and the Erie County Home, a skilled nursing facility. ECMC is the regional center for trauma, burn care, rehabilitation and is a major teaching facility for the State University of New York at Buffalo. Most ECMC physicians, dentists and pharmacists are dedicated faculty members of the University. More Western New York residents are choosing ECMC for exceptional patient care and customer service provided as a result of its Culture of Care.
NEWS CONTACT: Tom Quatroche at 716-898-5503 or tquatroc@ecmc.edu or Joe Cirillo at 716-898-4300 or jcirillo@ecmc.edu
