Nephrology
The Pains of Renal failure
The mental pain to the patient after the hearing news of renal failure can only be considered as the beginning of the agony that is to arrive soon. Nephrology Centers that provide Dialysis have commercial costs ranging from Rs 1300 to Rs 2000 per session wherein an average person would require 3 of these per week. The high costs are a frightening aspect for most patients. They need to spend 4 hours per session which eats into their work hours and could possibly lead to loss of employment. Additional expenses of about Rs 7000 per month get appended to the list because of medicines, consultation etc. It requires intrepidity and commitment to undergo a major lifestyle change to cope up with renal failure.
It's a 20 bed, 20 machine, full-fledged, state of the art Dialysis & Diabetology Hospital run with the help of Rangadore Hospital, Bangalore Kidney Foundation and St Theresa's Hospital for providing emergency services etc. - located at Dr Rajkumar Road, Rajajinagar, in the heart of the city. The Rotary District 3190 group initiative, comprising of 100 clubs and 4500 like-minded Rotarians brings down the cost of each dialysis to Rs. 750 (from about Rs 2000) for the patients and efforts are to provide at subsidized costs to low income groups and free to patients in the BPL category.
From June to Dec 2015 |
2816 Dialysis |
From Jan to Dec 2016 |
7204 Dialysis |
From Jan to Dec 2017 |
8452 Dialysis |
Upto May 2018 |
3628 Dialysis |
Total: 22,100 (excess of Twenty-two thousand & One hundred dialysis procedures.)
Average number of Dialysis sessions per month: 614
Number of Patients on scroll (current): 112
Stakeholder Name |
Scope of Activity & Contribution |
Rotary Clubs of District 3190 & Rotary Club of LEVEN, District 1010, UK |
Equipment, Volunteering |
St Theresa’s Hospital |
Long term Facility Partner secondary support hospital for ICU, Emergency ready consultants |
Rangadore Memorial Hospital |
Operational partner Doctors, Paramedics Day to day Running |
Bangalore Kidney Foundation |
Knowledge Partner Training, Process, Protocols, Up gradation |