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Schneider Regional Medical Center takes in 32 dialysis patients after Caribbean Kidney Center suspends services; lawmakers press for emergency funding
Summary
The Caribbean Kidney Center (CKC) temporarily suspended services July 1 with fewer than two hours' notice; Schneider Regional Medical Center (SRMC) received and treated 32 displaced hemodialysis patients and expanded capacity but says it needs immediate funding and staff to sustain the added caseload.
The Senate committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services heard sharply divergent accounts July 7 after the Caribbean Kidney Center (CKC) abruptly suspended services on July 1 and handed many patients to Schneider Regional Medical Center (SRMC).
SRMC Chief Executive Officer Tina Khamis Young told the committee that the hospital received an email on July 1 from CKC stating it would cease operations at 5 p.m., giving less than two hours' notice. "SRMC received an email from doctor Gardiner indicating that CKC would cease operations effective 5PM that same day, providing less than 2 hours notice and offering no plan for patient transition," Young said.
SRMC said it received 15 patients early on July 2, later treating a total of 32 patients who arrived with incomplete or missing medical records; hospital physicians reassessed patients and wrote new orders as needed. SRMC executive testimony said the facility had expanded its dialysis capacity in October 2024 by adding 12 stations; SRMC…
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