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Dialysis Department

OVERVIEW

The 13 bedded Dialysis Unit with State-of-the-art machines offers comprehensive medical care for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease and acute renal failure. The Unit is situated on the 1st floor of the KMC Building at Masina hospital & it functions in three shifts for patient care. Our team of skilled nephrologists and trained dialysis staff use a multidisciplinary approach to diagnose, treat, and manage patients. Asepsis is strictly maintained and monitored.

SERVICES OFFERED

Hemodialysis: About 16 machines for hemodialysis, except that in medical, Burns and Cardiac ICUs we are doing Dialysis as per requirement.

Peritoneal dialysis: Counselling, patient acceptance, options for manual or automated peritoneal dialysis and training for the same are provided with help of a special team.

Vascular access: Patients opting for long term hemodialysis are evaluated for their vascular access, and if having a problem, evaluated by a special team of vascular access specialist. This includes Nephrologists, vascular surgeon and interventional radiologist, Plasmapheresis, CRRT.

We also cater to patients for dialysis from Central Railways, Mumbai.

TREATMENT AND PROCEDURES

Acute renal failure
Chronic renal failure
Acute and chronic nephritis
Nephrotic syndrome
Reno vascular hypertension
Collagen disorders involving the kidneys
Hemodialysis for acute and chronic renal failure patients, drug overuse etc.
Plasmapheresis for renal or non-renal cases
Rigorous precautions are taken with patients suffering from Hepatitis-B, C and HIV and dialysis for such patients is done on separate machines with single-use kits.