EDMONTON -- Edmonton's first community dialysis facility is now open, changing how patients with acute renal failure receive care. Dialysis patients in the city can now access services outside the hospital. University of Alberta Hospital outpatient dialysis patients can now access dialysis services outside the hospital with the opening of Alberta Kidney Care - North’s first community dialysis facility. https://t.co/zf1BX6RMpQ — AHS_YEGZone (@AHS_YEGZone) December 21, 2020 "It’s a lot quieter,” 79-year-old patient Shirley Stevenson said in a written release. "I like the individual pods and the privacy we get here." The West Edmonton Kidney Care facility pods have Wi-Fi access, in-ceiling heating and a personal television.