Yang Meng-ju, a physician at An-Der, points out that the time spent on dialysis affects its quality and the patient's survival. But if adequate time is allotted for each treatment and the procedure is performed often enough, then survival for 20 or 30 years presents no real problem.
安德診所醫師楊夢儒指出，目前洗腎技術提昇，排毒和淨化血液的功能比以前好，但與 24 小時全年無休的腎臟相比仍有差距。洗腎時間長短攸關洗腎的品質和存活率，只要洗的時間夠長、次數足夠，存活二、三十年幾乎不成問題。