A march for the Kidney Foundation at the Port Zone

A few dozen people walked this morning at the Chicoutimi Port Zone to raise money for the Kidney Foundation.

The goal was $25,000.

For 60 years, the Foundation has supported people battling kidney disease and their families.

hours per week of treatment. Then you can’t miss your treatment and there are people who treat themselves at night at home, so every night they have to connect to a machine that does this work while they sleep. It’s still quite restrictive”,”text”:”When you have kidney disease, if you’re on dialysis, in hemodialysis it’s 15 hours per week of treatment. Then you can’t miss your treatment and there are people who treat themselves at night at home, so every night they have to connect to a machine that does this work while they sleep. It’s still quite restrictive”}}”>When you have kidney disease, if you are on dialysis, in hemodialysis it is 15 hours per week of treatment. Then you can’t miss your treatment and there are people who treat themselves at night at home, so every night they have to connect to a machine that does this work while they sleep. It’s still quite restrictiveexplained the regional coordinator at the Kidney Foundation, Maryse Néron.

The foundation can in particular help affected people find accommodation during transplants or even provide them with equipment to do their dialysis at home.

These people on dialysis have really great dietary constraints. Then we must not think that it is an illness of elderly people, because that is falseshe continued.

The Kidney Walk is the largest national fundraising event to support the Kidney Foundation’s vital research and patient programs, the organization’s website states.

With information from Mireille Chayer