Dialysis Centres : Project Report 2023-2024
Director: Rtn. Dr. Mehernosh Dotivala
Chair: Rtn. Swati V Jajodia
Co-chair: PP Vijay Jatia
Members: Rtn. Vineet Suchanti
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common kidney disease affecting about 10% of the world’s population. In India, one in every ten adults suffers from CKD, and at any given time, nearly five lakh patients require lifelong dialysis or a transplant, according to Dr. Sanjay K. Agarwal, Professor and Head of Nephrology at AIIMS.
Dr. Agarwal told The Hindu on the eve of World Kidney Day — observed annually on the second Thursday in March — that only 6,000 patients receive new kidneys and another 50,000 can afford or access dialysis. For the remaining 4.5 lakh patients, there is no definitive treatment, making their survival difficult beyond a few weeks.
CKD is more common than stroke and diabetes and has a magnitude almost equal to diabetes. The cost of treatment for an average CKD patient is many times more than that for diabetes or stroke. Therefore, the urgent need is to set up dialysis centres to provide free or subsidised treatment for those who cannot afford it.
Our goal is to establish our projects as preferred dialysis centres in our region by providing reliable and easily accessible dialysis without pain.
Objective:
We provide free or heavily subsidised dialysis treatment to patients suffering from chronic kidney disease. These patients have only two options: either undergo dialysis at least three times a week for the rest of their lives or undergo a kidney transplant, which is difficult due to the challenge of finding the right donor. Dialysis treatment is expensive, costing nearly 24,000 rupees a month, which adds a huge financial burden on the patient’s family. Many patients succumb to the disease because they cannot afford the treatment.
RCB is striving to provide relief to these patients by opening centres or establishing dialysis units in existing charitable hospitals. These centres can provide good care and treatment free of cost, thereby reducing patients’ suffering in locations where such treatment is not available and where patients must travel long distances to access it. Nearly 10% of the population suffers from this disease, and only a fraction have access to the treatment. Thus, we can conclude that there is much more RCB can do in this area.
PLANS FOR 2024-25
Upcoming dialysis centre machines
1. Apex Hospitals (Borivali West) :- 4
2. Shri Chaitanya Health and Care Trust :- 6 Budget Needed for 2024-25 (estimated / guesstimated) Rs. 1,50,00,0000/- is adequate For 12-15 Dialysis Machines, RO Plant, Furniture, Civil, Electrical & Plumbing Work.