About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when most dialysis clinics are quiet, an old man arrived on bicycle, pedaling with determination through the empty streets of Des Moines. He wheeled his bike into DaVita Iowa Street Dialysis and asked for a specific treatment schedule that no one had ever requested before. The staff looked puzzled but agreed to accommodate him. Months later, it turned out he was just a regular who liked to cycle early in the morning while listening to classical music. His unusual request? To be hooked up during Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony—so peaceful, they said, even for dialysis.
2. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock with a puzzled look. In the back of his truck sat a mysterious box labeled ‘Free Samples.’ No one remembered ordering anything. As he opened it, out popped a tiny robotic fish, waving its fins and saying, 'Welcome to DaVita!' Turns out, it was just a prank from a regular who loved practical jokes.
3. At closing time, when everyone else had left, a delivery driver noticed something strange: the clinic’s neon sign seemed to flicker in time with someone humming an old folk song. Curious, he followed the sound and found an elderly gentleman sitting in a corner, gently strumming his guitar. ‘Just an old tune,’ the man smiled, noticing him for the first time. ‘Never fails to put people at ease.’ The delivery driver nodded, smiling, and thought: maybe this place wasn’t so clinical after all.
4. At midnight, when the streets were empty, a delivery driver parked outside DaVita Iowa Street Dialysis and heard a faint humming sound. It wasn’t the usual hum of machinery but something… different. Curious, he followed the sound inside and found an old dialysis machine softly playing ‘Iowa Waltz’. Startled, he quickly left, never telling anyone—except his dog, who now insists on visiting every night for music.