Patients protest Brooklyn dialysis center closing
Plead for delay until new center opens in the fall
The Brooklyn Kidney Center (BKC), a dialysis center in Park Slope, has notified patients and staff that it is closing its doors next month, leaving its patients – many in wheelchairs or otherwise disabled – scrambling to find seats in other centers in Brooklyn or elsewhere.
Patients and supporters rallied on Thursday outside the clinic at 184 Sterling Place. Chanting “Save our center!” they urged BKC’s owner, Fresenius Medical Care, to delay the closing until a new facility on DeGraw Street is completed this fall. The new facility has experienced construction delays.
Fresenius spokesperson Jon Stone blames the building’s landlord for the closure.