By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
14th September:- Kidney
and transplant specialist Dr Manish Singla of Mayo Hospital, Mohali,
announced the launch of a new dialysis technology "online HDF" for
the first time in tricity. Mayo Hospital, Sector 69, Mohali has
become the first medical centre in tricity to provide this state of the art
dialysis technology.
Around 0.1 percent of population
suffers from permanent kidney failure needing lifelong dialysis. It means more
than 3000 patients in Chandigarh Tricity and more than 30,000 patients in the
region need lifelong regular dialysis support.
Addressing a press conference at the
Chandigrh Press Club here today, Dr Manish Singla, the only nephrologist
in Chandigarh tricity having done a Fellowship from Canada, said
that Mayo is first centre in the region to provide this facility, which is the
gold standard of dialysis across Europe. Demand of dialysis has
increased tremendously. The quality of life of these patients remains very
poor. The new technology of "online HDF" will give much higher degree
of blood purification.
Dr Virendra Dhankar,
Urologist, Mayo Hospital, also detailed on the benefits of this new
dialysis technology like better blood purification, better control of blood
pressure, less requirement of costly Erythropoietin injections, and better overall
life quality.
Dr Manish Singla said that the Online
HDF dialysis technique is a new lease of life for kidney and dialysis patients
in this region. The new facility removes up to 10 times bigger toxins from
the body. It improves the hemoglobin level, so less need of erythropoietin
injection saving almost Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 per month.
It may be recalled that Union Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley had also emphasized in the last annual budget session
that “across India we need more than 3 crore dialysis sessions every
year”.
Dr Manoj Sharma, Urologist, and Dr
Neha, Dialysis Medical Officer from the Mayo Hospital were also
present on the occasion.
The ‘kidney helpline’ number of Dr
Manish Singla is 98723-25087.
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