Covid-19 Is Kicking Patients' Kidneys Too, While Dialysis Equipment and Staff Are Running Out.

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Fred Mogul
WNYC News | Apr 16, 2020

Intensive care doctors treating Covid-19 patients are now contending with something they didn’t expect: severe kidney damage. But dialysis equipment — and the skilled staff needed to operate it — is in short supply and even higher demand than ventilators.

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