Glyn Davies, Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, and Patron of Kidney Foundation Wales has welcomed Friday’s announcement by Edwina Hart, that she has released funding which will allow a temporary demountable Kidney Dialysis Unit to be constructed on the site of Welshpool Hospital in Montgomeryshire. A permanent unit is programmed to be ready for use by 2012.
Glyn Davies has been a long standing supporter of this project and has been much involved in establishing a Montgomeryshire Renal Dialysis Campaign Group. He also manages a fund to which many local people have contributed, which will be used to enhance the experience of those patients who will make use the unit.
Commenting on the announcement Glyn Davies said;
“For many years, Montgomeryshire sufferers from Kidney disease have been anticipating the provision of a dialysis unit on the site of Welshpool’s Memorial Hospital. Local campaigners have faced delays, disappointments and deep frustration by the failure of the Welsh Assembly Government to deliver over a long period. Today, Assembly Health Minister, Edwina Hart has finally given the go-ahead to a process which will put matters right”.
“Today’s announcement means that the provision of a temporary dialysis unit in Welshpool can now proceed, and it is expected that the ‘demountable’ unit will be ‘up and running’ early in the New Year. Equally importantly, today’s decision means that we can expect to see a permanent unit, attached to Welshpool Hospital, opening in 2012.”
“This is wonderful news for those of us who have been campaigning for a dialysis unit in Montgomeryshire for the last several years.”
