Faxton St. Luke’s signs lease agreement for location of regional dialysis center

ONEIDA — Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) has signed a lease agreement to place its regional dialysis center in the Oneida Plaza at 131 Main St. in Oneida.

FSLH still needs approval from the New York State Department of Health. It hopes to have construction work on the space completed by next fall, according to a news release from FSLH.

The hospital anticipates the new dialysis unit will include 12 treatment stations and operate six days per week from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The FSLH regional dialysis center, which the hospital says is the “sole” provider of dialysis treatment within a 25-mile radius of Utica, has seven locations. 

The center treats more than 450 patients and performs more than 70,000 dialysis treatments annually, FSLH said.

Doctors use dialysis in the treatment process if chronic kidney disease progresses to kidney failure, according to the FSLH website. 

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare is an affiliate of the Mohawk Valley Health System.