You run a dialysis centre. That means every day, You are the bridge between a supply chain and a patient.
If the economics break, the bridge breaks.
You feel it when supply is late. When costs climb. When margins shrink and there is no obvious fix — only the next session to get through.
The pressure isn't from a shortage of patients. It's from the cost of keeping them treated.
Your job is keeping people alive.
Ours is making sure the supply never stops you.
SHK Medical was founded by a Ugandan - not from a European distribution centre with a map of Africa on the wall.
From inside the system. Where supply delays are not exceptions. Where port clearance costs real money and real time. Where a missed session carries a consequence that does not appear in any freight invoice.
That is the foundation we built this on. It is how we have operated for 25 years across markets where supply failure has direct clinical consequences.
The true cost builds quietly:
Reactive procurement inflates both unit cost and freight cost simultaneously. Most clinics experience two or three emergency orders a year — each costing more than a month of planned freight savings.
Warehouse-model distributors add two shipping legs, two customs clearances, and warehouse overhead to every order. None of it appears as a line item. It is simply part of the cost you pay.
Emergency orders cost 20–40% more than planned orders. For a 10-station clinic, that adds an estimated USD 6,864 annually to supply cost before any other variable is counted.
Liquid concentrate is 90% water. Four containers deliver 220 sessions. One container of dry powder delivers 1,200 sessions in the same space. That freight difference compounds on every order, every cycle, every year.
Currency exposure on long USD payment cycles adds risk that does not appear in your cost-per-session figure — until a devaluation event removes margin you cannot recover.
The clinical standards are not the problem. The cost of maintaining them is.
The unit price looks acceptable. Total treatment cost tells a very different story.
SAME CLINICAL INTEGRITY - DIFFERENT COST STRUCTURE.
Over 1,000,000 dialysis sessions supported across African and Caribbean markets. 25 years operating direct-shipment models before the industry considered it standard.
Prices unchanged for 7 years. Emergency orders eliminated within 6 months for operators who restructured supply with us.
Designed for volatility. Built for continuity. Grounded in execution.
UP TO 31%
Not from switching products. From removing the warehouse layer, switching to dry concentrate, and planning supply against actual patient volume. Achieved across multiple African and Caribbean markets. A 10-station clinic running 6,240 sessions annually saves an estimated USD 62,712 per year under this model.
WHAT WE BUILD
We do not just supply dialysis consumables.
We build supply systems that function under real-world conditions.
• OEM-approved consumables aligned to global standards
• Supply planning structured around your actual treatment demand
• Integrated logistics designed for volatile environments
• Local concentrate production where it reduces cost and supply risk permanently
The focus is not simply cost reduction. It is operational control.
A dialysis centre can still look operational long after the financial structure underneath it has already started failing. Consumables tighten. Co-payments rise. Sessions quietly reduce. The pressure does not announce itself. It accumulates. Until the day it cannot be absorbed any further.
What Actually Kills Dialysis Projects
WHERE WE WORK
Africa
Sub-Saharan, East, and West Africa — where treatment costs are disproportionately high and supply disruption carries direct clinical consequences.
The Caribbean and Island Markets
Where everything is imported, freight cost per unit is disproportionate, and supply reliability defines whether a clinic can operate.
The Middle East
Emerging markets where scale is growing but supply infrastructure is still developing.
Tell us your supply structure — we will show you where the cost is building
OEM-approved consumables for all major machine platforms — including Fresenius, Baxter, Nipro, B.Braun, and Nikkiso. Questions about compatibility?
