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Kidney care

Contacts for kidney clinics and programs

You must have a referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner to access the kidney clinics and programs listed below.

Kidney care services we provide to patients

  • Regional kidney care clinic: pre-dialysis monitoring and care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  • UHNBC hemodialysis unit: hemodialysis care for inpatients (patients admitted to hospital) and outpatients (patients living in the community)
  • Community hemodialysis units in Fort St. John, Terrace, and Prince George
  • Regional home-based therapies: peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HHD)
  • Regional kidney transplant services: referral before transplant and follow-up care after transplant

Kidney care services are provided by a team of health care providers, including:

  • Dietitians
  • Nephrologists (physicians who specialize in kidney care)
  • Nursing unit clerks
  • Pharmacists
  • Registered Nurses
  • Social workers

The kidney care team works in collaboration with BC Renal, BC Transplant, and other health care providers in the community such as family physicians and other specialists.

Information for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Managing your kidney care

The linked resources below have been sourced from the managing my care section of the BC Renal website.

  • Medication: information on how medications work, their possible side effects, and precautions.
  • Diet: Information on various aspects of the kidney diet.

Kidney transplant

Education webinars

Tele-Kidney Care

Virtual health care via communications technology

Tele-Kidney Care is an appointment where you meet with the Prince George kidney care team using a television screen or computer, a video camera, and a microphone.

How the appointment works

  • You can see, hear, and talk to the health care workers in Prince George, and they can see, hear, and talk to you.
  • It is a lot like being in the same room.
  • You will have to go to your local health care facility for the appointment.

This type of appointment is one option you can choose that will allow you to meet with the specialist kidney care staff at a location that is closer to your home, so you won't need to travel for routine check-ups.

A health care worker might be in the same room with you, and you are welcome to bring a family member. If arranged beforehand, your regular family doctor or another health care worker could also attend if you choose.

  • You can also ask anyone to leave the room if it makes you feel more comfortable.

At most appointments you may see different members of the specialist team and the appointment can be up to two (2) hours long.

Your privacy is very important and so the appointment happens over a secure circuit and is not recorded or taped. All Tele-Kidney Care sessions follow the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act rules.

More information