Renal Services | Waitematā

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North Shore Dialysis Centre (Tatari Oranga North).
Located at 132 Shakespeare Road, on North Shore Hospital grounds. The unit operates 6 days a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 07:00 to 23:30, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 07:00 to 19:30. It has 24 dialysis stations providing dialysis therapy for 96 patients/week. All acute dialysis sessions as well as plasma exchange are performed in this unit. The unit provides haemodialysis for patients unable to perform their own dialysis.

Community Dialysis Centre (Tatari Oranga O Te Raki)
Located at 96 Apollo Drive. The unit operates 6 days a week, Monday-Saturday, 07:00-19:30. It has 18 dialysis stations providing dialysis therapy for up to 72 patients/week. It provides chronic haemodialysis treatments to dependant or assisted care patients.

This Community Dialysis Centre also has the Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis units. The Peritoneal Dialysis unit provides training and support for patient on peritoneal dialysis. The Home Haemodialysis unit provide training and support for patient on home haemodialysis and has a respite flat.

Waitakere Dialysis Unit (Tatari Oranga West)
Located on the grounds of Waitakere Hospital. The unit operated 6 days, Monday-Saturday, 07:00-19:30. It has 12 dialysis stations providing haemodialysis therapy for up to 48 patients/week and provides chronic haemodialysis to patients who are able to do their own dialysis (assisted care). No acute haemodialysis is provided at the unit.

Janine Mathews
Janine is the Renal Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist. Renal transplants for Waitematā residents will still be carried out at Auckland Hospital, but the Waitematā Renal Service will care for these transplant recipients pre- and post-operatively. Janine is responsible for all recipient evaluations and renal transplant patients who live in the North. Janine runs nurse led clinics to provide education for patients and their families about transplantation and to provide long-term follow up for renal transplant recipients. 
Phone: 021 244 8069
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Mary Baker
Mary is the Renal Clinical Nurse Specialist. She works with patients who live in the North who do not yet need renal replacement therapy, but may do in the future. She will provide information and education to patients and their families for options of renal replacement therapy. Mary also looks after patients who need intravenous medications to modulate and regulate the immune system.
Phone: 021 416 043
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Lyndsie Skelton
Lyndsie is the Renal Clinical Nurse Specialist based in West Auckland. She is responsible for renal transplant patients based in the West. She also provides information and education for patients and their families for options of renal replacement therapy in the West. Lyndsie also has expertise in supportive care.
Phone: 021 242 9745
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Chao Cheng
Chao is the Hypertension Clinical Nurse Specialist. She works with patients who have difficult to control blood pressure. She will provide information and education to patients and their families for options of renal replacement therapy. Chao also coordinates the creation of the access required for dialysis. 
Phone: 021 221 1979
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Danica Zialcita                                                                                                        
Danica is the Clinical Nurse Specialist. She works with inpatients to co-ordinate their care.
Phone: 021417351
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Michelle Elima
Is the Donor Liaison Coordinator. She works with people considering donating a kidney.
Phone: 021 348 588
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