In a pioneering initiative under public private partnership (PPP), the Union health ministry in collaboration with Alliance Medicorp has opened a first-of- its-kind standalone haemodialysis centre in Delhi for the beneficiaries of CGHS. This pilot project will be a testing pad before such units are rolled out at district level under the national programme for control of diabetes.
The concept of standalone dialysis was explored by the government as there was significant increase in demand for dialysis in the public sector. In this model, dialysis unit is not located in a hospital and therefore eliminating the need of availability of nephrologist round the clock as dialysis station is manned by trained medical and paramedical staff under the overall supervision of nephrologists who ensure quality control as per laid down protocol. Without exploring the possibility of commissioning standalone dialysis units, it may never be possible to meet this demand.
At present, dialysis units are set up within hospitals mainly due to shortage of nephrologists leading to scarcity of dialysis units. CGHS beneficiaries often suffer hardships for dialysis as demand far exceeds the supply. CGHS refers quite a few of its beneficiaries to private empanelled hospitals. In Delhi around 40-50 patients require dialysis per day. Further in years to come, need for dialysis is likely to go up in view of prevalent diseases like diabetes and hypertension which lead to chronic Kidney disease and renal failure.
This project in collaboration with Alliance Medicorp (India) Limited, Chennai a JV company of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. (Apollo Group of Hospitals) will cater to the need of maintenance haemodialysis of CGHS beneficiaries by in house management of such patients. This centre would be extremely beneficial to CGHS patients of chronic renal failure by providing timely haemodialysis and mitigate suffering thereby improving the quality of life and productivity. This centre shall also reduce dependence of CGHS on private empanelled hospitals and government hospitals.
A space of 2400 sq. ft. covered area has been renovated to suit the requirements for providing state of art dialysis facility .It shall have a capacity to dialyse upto 21 cases of Chronic Renal Failure per day with seven functional Dialysis machines (and an additional stand by machine) and shall be operational from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. for 310 days in a year. If maximally utilized it shall be able to undertake 6510 dialysis per year.