Canada

Kidney Foundation of Canada
The Kidney Foundation of Canada is a national volunteer organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of people living with kidney disease. It has an excellent web site for patient information and services related to kidney disease. Their patient resource book called "Living with Kidney Disease" can be viewed at their web site.

B.C. Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada
The B.C. Branch provides patient support groups in many areas of B.C. as well as educational material and short-term financial assistance for those in need.
   Tel:  604 736-9775 (Vancouver area)
          1 800 567-8112 (elsewhere in B.C.)
   Fax: 604 736-9703
   E-mail: info@kidneyfoundation.bc.ca

B.C. Renal Agency
The B.C. Renal agency web site has information about locations and care providers for people with kidney disease, as well as a variety of information specific for B.C. patients and care providers.

Kidney Clinics in B.C.

Location	Hospital	Clinic Name	Phone Number
Kamloops	RIH	Kidney Clinic	250 314-2849
Kelowna	KGH	Renal Health Clinic	250 862-4300 ext 3386
New Westminster	RCH	CKD Clinic	604 529-4985
Penticton	PRH	Renal Health Clinic	250 492-4000 ext 7560
Prince George	PGRH	Outpatient Renal Clinic	250 565-2747
Trail	KBRH	CKD Clinic	250 364-3450
Vancouver	St. Paul's	Kidney Function Clinic	604 806-9025
Vancouver	VGH	Renal Clinic	604 875-4111 ext 5598
Victoria	RJH	Kidney Care Clinic	250 370-8224

United States

National Kidney Foundation
The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Learning System (KLS)^TM provides comprehensive education along the continuum of kidney disease. See www.kidney.org.

This web site also contains a number of brochures on various issues related to kidney disease that you might find informative. See www.kidney.org/general/aboutdisease/brochures.cfm.

National Kidney Disease Education Program
This U.S. site contains a variety of patient information, publications and articles on chronic kidney disease.

Healthy Lifestyle

For information on diet and nutrition, exercise, and stopping smoking, see General Resources.

Last Revised: February 14, 2007