In 1962, Seattle Artificial Kidney Center opened its doors as the world's first outpatient dialysis organization. Over the years, its name changed, ultimately becoming Northwest Kidney Centers. But its mission stayed constant: to promote the optimal health, quality of life and independence of people with kidney disease.
From Miracle to Mainstream: creating the world's first dialysis organization chronicles events leading up to and following that time-from medical experiments to the present, when more than two million people worldwide live with a once-terminal condition.
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In 1962, Seattle Artificial Kidney Center opened its doors as the world's first outpatient dialysis organization. Over the years, its name changed...
