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Centre initiates process to cut cost of dialysis

HYDERABAD: The Centre is reviewing the kidney transplant procedures with a view to modifying laws, as part of the process to bring down the cost of dialysis, according to Krishnam Raju, chairman, Care Foundation.

Addressing a function at Care Hospital, Banjara Hills, on Saturday to felicitate doctors Girish Narayan, core member of the organ transplantation committee, and A.V.S. Reddy, renowned urologist, to mark World Kidney Day, he stated that six organ retrieval centres were being started along with 500 community dialysis centres.

Each of the dialysis centres would have 12 beds and 12 machines with capacity to handle three-four patients. These steps, he said, would be a boon for kidney patients. About one lakh such patients were awaiting transplantation and an equal number was being added, where as only 4,000 transplants were being done daily now.

Dr. Raju pointed out that this problem of demand-availability mismatch of kidney donations could be solved only by the Government ushering in policy changes and society realising the importance of organ donation.

E. Rajagopala Raju, medical director, Veera Prasad, chief administrative officer of the hospital, Suresh Babu, G. Kuberudu, Kameswari and Bhanu Prakash, who underwent kidney transplant operations, spoke.

Mr. Veera Prasad said in view of the high cost of drugs to be taken by patients, lifelong, the hospital had requested the State Government to supply them as at cheaper rates.

During the last 11 years Care Hospital has completed 72 kidney transplants, of which 10 are cadaver and the remaining live related transplants.

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