We’ve been hearing about the need for ventilators during this pandemic, but doctors are also seeing an increased need for dialysis machines and supplies. That’s because an increasing number of patients with the coronavirus are experiencing kidney failure.
Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Dr. Jonathan Winston, a nephrologist and professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mt. Sinai Health System in New York City.
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