Dialysis centres face economic crisis next near

The Association of Dialysis Centres has warned that health care reforms will cause certain facilities to go bankrupt next near and others to limit their number of patients. The cuts, it says, will mean serious economic problems for the centres, which in turn will have a negative impact on contractors, employees and renters and destabilise the entire system. The Health Ministry, however, insists on the reduction, arguing that dialysis is one of the areas that have been given preferential treatment in the past. The ministry plans to increase funding for hospitals alone next year, with other sectors having to wait until 2013.