| Common
diseases like diabetes, hypertension and chronic
glomerulo-nephritis can lead to permanent loss
of renal functions - with dialysis and renal transplantation
being the frequent outcome. The emergence of new
therapeutic interventions has created opportunities
in India to manage the progression of renal diseases.
Major hospitals in India like Holy Family Hospital,
Jaslok Hospital, Apollo Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital, Batra Hospital, Bombay Hospital and
Hinduja Hospital have departments of Nephrology
and Organ Transplant equipped with the latest
equipment. |
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These
computerised dialysis machines, reverse osmosis water
plant to provide pure and trace element-free water
supply, as well as state-of-the-art facilities in
the operating rooms and Transplant Intensive Care
Units.
For
those who need renal replacement therapy, services
like Hemodialysis, Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
(CAPD) and Transplantation are also available. In
addition to the basic haemodialysis facilities, the
patients' requirements for other modalities of treatment
such as Continuous Arterio-Venous Haemofilteration
(CAVH), Continuous Veno-Venous Haemofilteration (CVVH),
Continuous Cycler-Assisted Peritioneal Dialysis (CCPD)
are also available. Patients can also avail of the
bicarbonate dialysis facility at these centres. Round
the clock service is available at these hospitals
for the critically ill patients in the intensive care
units who may need fluid, electrolyte management and
renal supportive therapy. The cost of getting a dialysis
is around Rs. 1,700 to Rs. 1,800 per dialysis whereas
the same costs about $300 in the U.S.A. Similarly
a kidney transplant package in India is available
for around Rs. 3 lakh which is comparatively much
cheaper than what it would cost abroad. |
