DaVita, Fresenius partner to create network of COVID-19 dialysis clinics

The country's largest dialysis providers are joining forces to protect some of the most vulnerable patients during the coronavirus pandemic. Dialysis clinic operators Fresenius Medical Care and DaVita, along with several other kidney care organizations, said they are working together to create and share a nationwide network of clinics that will focus on serving patients with COVID-19. They said strategy will help safeguard caregivers, conserve personal protective gear and other supplies, and free up resources at hospitals, many of which are at or nearing capacity during the pandemic. Dialysis is not optional, it is life-sustaining. In these trying times, we think that by working collaboratively, we can combine resources, clinical expertise, and physical space to help ensure all patients across the kidney care community have access to life-sustaining care in the safest environment possible," DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez said in a statement.