Patient Stories

Transitional Care Units from Fresenius Medical Care offer patients with kidney disease individual education and coaching on all aspects of dialysis.

Anvil Nelson Jr. pursues a full and busy life that revolves around his personal schedule, and not around treatment. Home hemodialysis allows him to stay active and mobile.

Fresenius Medical Care provides care for dialysis patients in around 150 countries. China, where everything appears to be in motion, is growing at a remarkable rate.

Despite suffering from kidney disease and undergoing dialysis, Laurentiu Oancea feels fit and lives life to the full. He is able to lead this active lifestyle partly thanks to the smartphone app “My Companion” from Fresenius Medical Care.

Bobby Claiborne was in his early 50s when his kidneys failed. He decided to use the many hours he spent in his Fresenius Medical Care dialysis center to earn a doctorate degree.

In 2014 Tomasz was diagnosed with kidney failure and started his PD treatment. He takes advantage of home dialysis to find the most convenient time and place to conduct the daily exchanges.

An almost normal life thanks to home dialysis - 90 minutes daily therapy easily integrated into everyday life.

Everyone in Hungary knows András Both or at least his voice. He is the voice of the largest private TV channel in Hungary and a great actor. But many people may not realize he is also the ambassador of the Hungarian National Kidney Program.

In 2004 Fresenius Medical Care in Argentina came up with the idea of introducing exercise programs in its clinics for patients on dialysis.

Dialysis patient Paula Lourenço shows how it is possible to lead an active and independent life combining work, family and leisure time despite being diagnosed with kidney disease, thanks to home hemodialysis.

A patient describes his medical history and his participation in a program called RightStart offered by Fresenius Medical Care North America. RightStart means one nurse is assigned to the patient as his/her case manager and shares medical knowledge with him/her. Also a dietitian and a social worker are involved in the program.

Hospitalists serve as a crucial link between patients, the hospital and their primary care physician — Snapshots from a day in the life of Dr. Rana Tan, one of Sound Physicians’ chief hospitalists.