A kidney failure patient has been warned he will “die” if he doesn't find a new home soon.
Diane Masterson, from Dublin, has end-stage renal disease and has been told she will need to start dialysis within the next three weeks.
above lunch time live Today she said her diagnosis meant she had to find new accommodation in the capital, and she had to find it quickly.
“My medical team has confirmed that peritoneal dialysis is the only treatment suitable to save my life. Peritoneal dialysis is a very special type of dialysis that is performed in the patient's home,” she said. Ta.
“I can't live without this, and this is very important.
“My current living conditions are not suitable. I need a huge amount of storage and proper water quality.
“Dialysis requires a huge amount of storage space for equipment, machines, etc., and dialysis runs all night, eight hours each night.”
Accommodation
Masterson said “no one answered” inquiries about accommodations.
“All I want is someone who has readily available real estate agent and owner connections and who won't try to gouge me and charge me €4,000 a month,'' she says. Ta.
“I’ve contacted ministers, I’ve contacted ministries, I’ve been pushed from pillar to post and no one has any sense of urgency about this.
“The Kidney Association of Ireland is defending me and has specified that without it I will die.”
Masterson said hospital treatment was not an option.
“I was told it had to be done at home. It's not a choice,” she said.
“Hemodialysis is performed three times a week in the hospital, but I am not well enough to endure it, so I have to undergo peritoneal dialysis, which is gentler and only available at home.
“My hospital appointments are between Tallaght and St James’s Hospital, where my home dialysis team is based, and I can live anywhere in between.”
renal failure
She said the equipment needed for the treatment includes “a fairly large free-standing machine.”
“Then there's the dialysate. Each bag holds about five liters and we provide one bag per day and a monthly supply,” she said.
“We’re talking about boxes that are 2 feet by 2 feet, and you have to store 30 of them, plus all the tubing, cleaning equipment, dialysis equipment, and cleaning equipment.
“In any case, not providing dialysis in hospitals is a huge economic burden, and it is depriving the nation of a huge burden.”
Ms Masterson added that she “didn't want to go public” about the issue but had no other choice.
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Main image: Dialysis machines and beds in a medical center. Image: Paul Vinten / Alamy Stock Photo
