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Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has become Europe’s first children’s hospital to offer a portable haemodialysis service to its patients.

Patients will now be able to undergo life-saving haemodialysis treatment whether they are at home or abroad.

Patients with renal failure are dependent on dialysis to provide essential life-saving treatment, replacing the work that is normally done by the kidneys. They are required to be in hospital three times a week for four hour sessions.

Patients on haemodialysis have strict fluid and dietary restrictions, and are dependent on a number of medications to maintain good health.