Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 8: A five bedded dialysis facility was today inaugurated here at Swami Vivekanand Medical Mission (SVMM) Charitable Hospital for the patients suffering renal failure and it will operate round the clock to provide dialysis at least to 15 patients daily.
The new state of the art Dialysis Centre is equipped with latest digital equipments to facilitate the patients suffering from kidney related ailments.
A handout of the hospital stated that these services are made available to the people of J&K for the first time in this Hospital.
The specialized Dialysis Unit in the Department of Nephrology of the Hospital was inaugurated by Dr. Subhash Gupta, patron SVMM in the presence of Anil Gupta, SVMM president; Amar Chand Gupta, Sr. Vice President; Atma Saroop Gupta, vice president; B.B Gupta, general secretary; B.S Jamwal, secretary; Subhash Gupta, associate member; Dr. Bankey Lal Gupta, Dr. Ramesh Gupta, senior member; Dr. Jattinder Gupta, Shanker Dutt Sharma, Neeraj Puri, JMC Councillor; Nidhi, JMC Councillor; Suneet Raina, JMC Councillor and others.
Introducing the new Dialysis Centre, Anil Gupta said, the new facility will be of immense benefit to kidney patients requiring dialysis.
“We have got the latest dialysis machines. The treatment will be at a very subsidized cost. We want to provide the best quality treatment to kidney patients. Any kidney patient in need of dialysis can come here and get treated,” he maintained.
“The dialysis Centre shall function under the supervision of specialized Nephrologist having expertise in kidney related ailments,” he said.