http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2656603.stm
"People with kidney disease are failing to receive potentially-life saving dialysis because of a serious shortage of machines, research has found.
The National Kidney Research Fund (NKRF) surveyed 71 kidney units providing dialysis on the NHS.
It found that 12 units had been forced to turn away patients during 2001 because they could not cope with demand."
