Common
diseases like diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulo-nephritis can
lead to permanents 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, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
Batra Hospital, Mumbai Hospital and Hinduja Hospital have department of
Nephrology and Organ Transplant equipped with the latest computerized
dialysis machines, reverse osmosis water planat to provide pure ad 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 treatments such as continuous
Arterio-Venous Haemofilteration (CAVH), Continous Cycler-Assisted
Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD) are also available. Patients can also avail of
the clock service is available at these hospitals for the critically ill
patients in the intensive pare units who may need fluid, electrolyte
management and renal supportive therapy.
The cost of getting
dialysis is around Rs. 1,700 - Rs. 1,800 per dialysis whereas the same
costs about $ 300 in the USA. 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.
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