Kidney care specialist NephroPlus has launched its first unit under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model at the ESIC Super Specialty Government Hospital located at Sanath Nagar in Hyderabad. Kondru Murali Mohan, Minster for Medical Education, Arogyasree, and Health Insurance inaugurates the new 10-bed unit which has the capacity to expand up to 25 beds.
Developed under the PPP model with the ESIC department of the Government, the unit will address the growing need for highest quality kidney care for patients, especially from the economically weaker sections of the society. Following the world class standard, the unit will have a capacity to dialyse up to 50 cases of chronic renal failure per day.
Announcing the launch of the new centre, Sandeep Gudibanda, Co-Founder & Director, NephroPlus said “We are thankful to the Andhra Pradesh government and the management of ESIC Hospital who have lent their full support and cooperation. We hereby state our willingness to offer high quality dialysis at ESI prices across the state in all ESI hospitals. We request ESI authorities to facilitate to this end.”
Vikram Vuppala, Founder and CEO, NephroPlus added, “Kidney care in India currently is wanting due to the non-accessibility of quality treatment. The opening of this new centre is an extension of our vision to provide high quality kidney care to patients from all income groups.”
Speaking at the launch, Mohan said, “It gives me immense pleasure to open the world class NephroPlus centre at the ESIC Government Hospital. I am confident that the opening of the NephroPlus centre will be a great relief to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. Highest quality kidney care at affordable cost is now a reality in Hyderabad.”
Currently, India accounts for 10 lakh kidney failure patients with only five per cent of them having access to dialysis. Kidney failure cannot be treated with drugs and other than transplant, dialysis is the only option. This treatment further exposes these patients to life threatening HIV, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B infections if infection prevention protocols are not adhered to. Hence, there is an urgent need for world class dialysis centres so that patients do not get sub-standard treatment that can turn life-threatening.
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