The unit will now have a capacity of 38 beds for performing dialysis
Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, unveiled a dialysis unit with advanced facilities and easy accessibility for patients. The event was graced in the presence of Dr H Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman of Manipal Hospitals, and Sapthami Gowda, a renowned actress from the Kannada film industry. Besides the advanced facilities and incorporation of new technologies, the unit will now have a capacity of 38 beds for performing dialysis, helping people diagnosed with end-stage renal illness obtain quick appointments for dialysis.
It will have full-fledged HFHD (High Flux Hemodialysis) services and 3 streams of CDS (Comprehensive Dialysis Study) system to monitor their complete health condition installed to the beds.
This newly-unveiled dialysis centre has all types of dialysis techniques attached to a 38-bed capacity. Presently, there are 3500 dialysis procedures performed every month in the hospital, and 140 patients undergo dialysis every day. This is yet another step in Manipal Hospitals’ string of efforts to leverage new technologies to help make diagnosis easier and faster for patients.
Dr Ballal said, “The dialysis unit is a state-of-the-art facility containing all required equipment for people who are undergoing dialysis for many years. We have ensured that our hospital offers an array of dialysis therapies and skilled labs, helping them get test results immediately.
I am happy that we have a team of experienced hands to utilise the recently-installed advanced equipment and help patients in need. Also, patients can now access the lab without having to negotiate long distances inside the hospital.”
The new centre has High-Flux dialysis, which helps in the improvement of high molecular weight for clearance that will help in doing dialysis with more ease and help with early recovery. The unit is equipped with various new technologies like a double-stage heat-integrated water purification system, as per the latest AAMI/ISO standard.
The unit also consists of 20 different HDF (Haemodiafiltration) stations to support advanced dialysis therapies. It helps pump blood through an artificial dialyzer (kidney) by a blood pump on a dialysis machine.
