Nightingales Home Health Services and DaVita have joined hands to launch pre and post dialysis continuum of care and the first of its kind home hemodialysis for patients of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) with the entire setup of dialysis being installed at the patient’s home.
Nightingales Home Health Services is an enterprise of Medwell Ventures and the pioneer of specialty home healthcare in India recently and DaVita is a global major in kidney care and the largest chain of standalone dialysis and kidney care centres in India.
DaVita is a leading provider of dialysis services in the United States through 2,197 outpatient dialysis centres and also operates 93 outpatient dialysis centres across 10 countries.
Under this partnership, Nightingales would provide a specialized Nephro care plan which will include screening of patients for kidney related medical issue, initial clinical assessment, nursing care for pre and post dialysis continuum of care, dietary consultation, diagnostics and physical therapy. In addition for the Home Hemodialysis programme DaVita would be responsible for the infrastructure setup including Dialysis Machine, Reverse Osmosis Ultrafiltration Water Plant, Consumables, etc. Through its advanced technological infrastructure, the DaVita Command Centre will be able to monitor the patient on real time basis, check for alarms, etc. and the staff will be able to converse with the patient via video conference facility. Nephrologists associated with DaVita will also be available for home consultation for chronic patients with end stage renal disease.
Speaking on the occasion, Lalit Pai, CEO, Nightingales Home Health Services said, “At Nightingales, we strive to provide the most advanced specialty care at home for patients with chronic diseases through the optimal use of technology and clinical expertise. With the rise of chronic kidney disease and long term dialysis requirement, Home Hemodialysis is a step in that direction. DaVita’s experience and high quality integrated treatment plans in kidney care will be immensely useful for our patients”
Commenting on the partnership, Dr Shriram Vijayakumar, CEO DaVita, India said, “We are pleased to associate with Nightingales to bring in our robust Home Hemodialysis services to India. Technology is rapidly changing in this field. With our global experience, a strong team of dialysis therapists, sound infrastructure and Nightingales expertise in Home Healthcare we will together create an excellent combination for patient care. ”
Chronic kidney disease is emerging amongst the most prevalent chronic diseases globally and rapidly increasing particularly in patients suffering from diabetes and hypertension. In India too diabetes and hypertension account for 40-60% of cases with chronic kidney disease and currently 229/million people in the country have incidence of end stage kidney disease and need renal replacement therapy. Every year India adds more than 3 lakh new people who require some form or Renal Replacement Therapy. Bangalore alone has close to 4,000 patients on Hemodialysis however less than 100 patients in India are currently on Home Hemodialysis (HHD).
With the rising need for hemodialysis and an increasing demand for Home Hemodialysis, this partnership is another significant step towards the rise of specialty home healthcare services in India. DaVita has a team of 46000 doctors, dialysis therapists, nurses and other staff worldwide and 300 in India.