Why In-Home Dialysis Is Becoming A More Popular Option In Hawaii … The treatment can help eliminate exhausting commutes and relieve overcrowding at a growing number of dialysis centers in the state.
Kevin Kalani Pagan lifts the white handheld monitor displaying his blood pressure as his wife Kim peers over his shoulder and types his latest vitals into a blue touchscreen tablet.
Pagan, 48, is sitting in a room at St. Francis Medical Center in Honolulu, blood tubing lying diagonally across his lap leading to a white whirring dialysis machine.
It’s day two of week two of training on how to use the machine. After five weeks, the couple will take the machine home with them to Molokai, where Pagan and his wife will manage the treatments themselves.
Pagan is joining a growing minority of dialysis patients in Hawaii and nationwide who don’t have to go into a clinic three times a week in order to get the blood-filtering treatment.
