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The 10th
Plymouth District
includes all of
West Bridgewater,
Easton Precinct 3,
Brockton:
Ward 6 A, B, C, D;
Ward 5 B, C, D;
and
Ward 4 B and C
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Recognized as "Outstanding Legislative Partner"
by National Kidney Foundation
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February 11, 2008 – State Representative Christine Canavan (D-Brockton), RN,
BSN, was recently honored by the National Kidney
Foundation of Massachusetts,
Rhode
Island, New Hampshire and Vermont with their
Outstanding Legislative Partner Award.
The award was presented at the National Kidney
Foundation’s 2008 Gift of Life Awards Dinner where
kidney donors and recipients, leaders in the medical
profession, the business community, and volunteers were
also recognized for their outstanding contributions to
the kidney and organ donor community.
“Representative Canavan’s dialysis background made her
aware of the poor outcomes for patients whose early
signs and symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) went
unrecognized, un-diagnosed and untreated. Since 2001,
Christine has championed the NKF mission in the House of
Representatives and successfully incorporated our ‘Renal
Disease’ line item into the budget,” said Andrea
Savisky, Director of Programs at the National Kidney
Foundation (NKF).
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“She
has educated her counterparts on the significant impact
that under-diagnosed CKD has on the economy of the
Commonwealth and endorsed the KEEP program, Nutritional
Supplement Support Program, as well as CKD and Organ
Donor Education. The Renal Disease line item began at
$30,000 and with her tireless support has grown to $100,
000,” she added.
“I am honored to receive a Gift of Life award from the
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National Kidney Foundation,” said Representative
Canavan. “As promised, I never forgot my dialysis
colleagues, nor the clients that we served. I will
continue to fight for the ‘small necessities’ that
assist in the success of dialysis treatments.”
Before being elected to the Massachusetts House of
Representatives in 1992, Representative Canavan was a
dialysis nurse and later the Director of Nursing at the
Brockton
Dialysis
Center
where she learned firsthand the importance of supporting
programs that benefit individuals with renal disease.
As a
State Representative, Canavan has made it one of her
priorities to support the work of the NKF and advocate
for more funding and resources to help those with kidney
disorders. In 1993, just after being elected, she
championed a bill signed into law by then-Governor
William Weld that set patient/staff ratio requirements
for out of hospital dialysis units to ensure maximum
patient safety. The Representative has also sponsored
legislation to establish a state renal plan, and each
year continues to secure budget funding for the NKF that
is used to promote organ donor awareness, and provide
nutritional supplements and early intervention services
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Representative Canavan
honored by the
Brockton Dialysis Center
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May 19, 2006 -
Christine E. Canavan, RN, BSN, was one of the
honorees at a celebration commemorating the 25th
anniversary of the Brockton Dialysis Center on Friday,
May 19, 2006. Before being elected to the House of
Representatives in 1993, Representative Canavan worked
as a staff nurse at the Brockton Dialysis Center and was
later promoted to Director of Nursing. Representative
Canavan has made a name for herself as an acknowledged
leader in health care issues and has been instrumental
in promoting legislation that supports patients with End
Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). In addition, every fiscal
year, Representative Canavan makes it a priority
to advocate for funding on behalf of the National Kidney
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Dr. Kenneth Zoller,
Representative Canavan
and Dr. Allan Lauer
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towards Renal Disease support and prevention programs.
Nationwide, approximately 300,000 patients are afflicted
with End Stage Renal Disease, many of whom require
outpatient hemodialysis up to three times a week.
Also honored were staff members who have been a part of
the Brockton Dialysis Center since its inception
including Gail Bemis, RN, Ruth McHugh, RN, BS, MBA,
Elaine Stuis, RN, LDN, Allan Lauer, MD and Kenneth
Zoller, MD.
The Brockton Dialysis Center, currently owned by
Fresenius Medical Care, was established in 1981 as the
first facility in southeastern Massachusetts to provide
lifesaving hemodialysis to patients in the Brockton
area. The establishment of this facility, located at 375
Westgate Drive, Brockton, precluded the need for
patients to travel into Boston to receive therapy.
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Photos of the 25th Anniversary Celebration
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