Hemodialysis

Each hemodialysis or online hemodiafiltration session includes:

• A pre-dialysis assessment by a nephrologist
• The full HD or online HDF session on B. Braun machines, with all consumables (dialyser, bloodlines, needles, saline)
• Erythropoietin (EPO) and intravenous iron administration when clinically prescribed
• Nursing care throughout treatment, with ECG and blood-pressure monitoring during the session
• A post-session discharge assessment and a written session report for the patient's treating physician on request
• Comfort during treatment: an adjustable electric bed with remote control, a personal TV with headphones, complimentary WiFi and a tablet, and a light meal
• For patients travelling from remote parts of Argolida (Hermioni, Kranidi, Porto Cheli), transport by the center's 12-seat adapted van, with an ambulance for emergencies

Before your first session you submit recent medical records — your latest dialysis summary, blood results, Kt/V, and HIV/HBV/HCV status — which the nephrologist reviews to confirm your treatment parameters and to schedule sessions around your travel dates. On the day, you arrive about 15 minutes early; the nursing team prepares your vascular access (fistula, graft or catheter) and you are monitored continuously throughout the session, with refreshments provided. Afterwards your vital signs are checked, a written session summary is issued, and follow-up with your home nephrologist is available on request. Seropositive patients are treated in the dedicated Seropositivity Unit, and emergency dialysis is available through the Emergency Unit.

A hemodialysis or online hemodiafiltration session lasts about four hours, and most patients have three sessions a week; allowing for the pre-session assessment, plan for roughly four and a half hours per visit. The minimum booking is three sessions (one week), and the treating nephrologist sets each patient's exact schedule.

Cancellations are accepted with a full refund up to 7 days before the first scheduled session, and a 50% refund between 7 and 3 days before. For cancellations less than 3 days before the first session no refund applies, except for a documented medical emergency, in which case the amount is credited in full toward rescheduled sessions.