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station unit went into operation June 2 with four patients.

Those attending the of- ficial opening noted that the new unit represents an addition to the quality and kind of health care now available in the northwest.

Unit nurse manager Sheri Yeast expects to have six patients at the unit by early July and as. many as nine by Septem- ber.

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Two of the patients had been doing dialysis al SHERI YEAST, the 1 nurse manager “of the new regional kidney dialysis unit at home and seven others had — yijlg Memorial Hospital, stands at the monitor for one of the six dialysis sta- moved to Prince George tions in the unil. At a cost of $1.4 million, the unit has been years in develop-

which was the closest he- ment and was officially opened with a ceremony yesterday. modialysis service, said

Yeast. . : “That’s the whole idea,” noted Yeast of opening a hemodialysis service here so people don’t have to move away.

“There are two other people in Vancouver right now but we don’t have a lot of information on them yet,” said Yeast.

There’s a patient from Kitimat expected and a person from Prince Rupert is going to move to Ter- race.

Kidney dialysis patients need the service three times a week and while the unit here does make it possible for commutes from other northwestern lo- cations, driving during the winter months could be a challenge, Yeast noted.

Patients are connected to the dialysis unit for be- tween three and four and a half hours.

As well as being the manager of the unit, Yeast also works with the pa- tients as does another part time registered nurse. A third nurse has also been hired for holiday or other relief.

The $1.4 million unit is open now three days a week with four chairs and two beds.

As demand grows, there is the possibility of adding evening dialysis, said Yeast.

Water well will work soon

TERRACE RESIDENTS will be getting water from the Frank St. well again by late July, according to Marvin Kwiatkowski, dir- ector of engineering ser- vices for the city,

The majority of Terrace residents have been get- ting water from: Deep Creek and some from the Skeena River since the motor and pump came off the column piping of the Frank St. well in April.

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Kwiatkowski gave a ball-park estimate of be- tween $45,000 and $50,000 for total repair costs, which he said i slightly over what had first been forecast.

Kwiatkowski acknow- ledged that water currently flowing through Terrace faucets tastes differently from Frank St. well water.

At first there was also

some discolouration, -

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