The air conditioning is broken and the dialysis center is in a tropical climate. Patients can breathe a sigh of relief, and progress is being made.

It's no secret that heat can be quite uncomfortable for dialysis patients. The dialysis procedure is lengthy. Patients using the dialysis center at the Przemyśl hospital lie motionless on their beds for hours, surrounded by the hum of the heat-emitting dialyzers. When the air conditioning isn't working, the room becomes unbearably hot. This is precisely the situation that patients receiving renal replacement therapy at the Dialysis Center and inpatient care at the Nephrology Department at the Przemyśl hospital have been struggling with for some time now. A resident of a town near Przemyśl who regularly brings his sick wife for dialysis treatments contacted us.

"We must admit that we had high hopes for the reincorporation of the Nephrology Department and Dialysis Center into the St. Padre Pio Provincial Hospital in Przemyśl. After more than a year, it turned out that treatment conditions have not improved, and dialysis treatments are performed in worse conditions than when these two entities were managed by an external company. The Nephrology Department and Dialysis Center at the Przemyśl hospital employs a truly competent, experienced, and empathetic team of people dedicated to their patients. However, we are looking forward to the efficient operation of the air conditioning," the man wrote.

"But a dialysis center is a critical room requiring a high level of microbiological cleanliness. The air conditioning system should ensure airflow through a filter that ensures the required purity," the person reporting the problem pointed out...