Dialysis facility started at Pune railway hospital

Pune – The Pune Railway Division has taken a new initiative aimed at providing better health facilities to railway employees and their families in the railway hospital. Under this, dialysis facility has been started for kidney patients in the hospital from 1 December. With the availability of this facility, railway employees and their families will not have to go elsewhere for the treatment of kidneys.

A three-year deal has recently been signed to provide this facility between Kothrud Dialysis Center and Railways. This facility was started at the Pune Railway Hospital by the Pune Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Milind Deouskar. On this occasion, Director of Kothrud Dialysis Center and renowned Kidney Disease specialist Dr Abhay Sadre, Chief Medical Superintendent Dr. M.K. Ramakrishna, Additional DRM Praful Chandra, Dr Sanjay Athavale, Dr. Avinash Ghatge, Dr Niti  Ahuja, Dr AK Mishra, Dr Navin Kumar, were present besides large number of staffs, and patients relatives, railway doctors, officers, employees’ organizations.

It is noteworthy that the Pune Railway Hospital takes responsibility for the treatment of railway employees and their families and retired railway employees and their families whose number is more than 50,000. In general, complex diseases, including gynecology, infant, heart disease, diabetes, liver, kidney, skin diseases, bone related diseases, eye-related diseases, physician services are provided through specialist doctors. Also the services of specialist surgeons are available here.

However, due to lack of dialysis facility for kidney patients, they had to go to the listed hospitals of the railway. In these hospitals, they had to wait hours for their turn, and the patients were getting very upset. In view of this problem of its employees and their families, the Pune Railway Division administration has established three state-of-the-art dialysis machines at Pune Railway Hospital in collaboration with Kothrud Dialysis Center. Along with proper consultation in the railway hospital on behalf of Kothrud Dialysis Center, all types of technical facilities will be provided. Under this agreement, the services of the founder and renowned kidney specialist Dr. Abhay Sadre will be available to Kidney patients of the railways. More than 25 patients are taking advantage of this facility after the start of the service.

This agreement between Pune Railway Division administration and Kothrud Dialysis Center has benefitted both. Special discount of 12 percent on the bill based on approved rates of CGHS will also be provided by the center. Through this agreement, the Railways will also have annual savings of about Rs 22 lakh.

With the establishment of three dialysis machines in Pune Railway Hospital, staff unions have expressed happiness and welcomed the administration’s initiative with patients and families.

On the occasion of the launch of dialysis machines, Pune DRM Deouskar said that the Pune Railway Division is always working to provide better health and welfare facilities to its employees. Patients will definitely benefit from these machines being available. He also said that while expanding this hospital, it has been planned to provide other facilities including new ward at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore, which will be started shortly.