Safdarjung Hospital launches paediatric hemodialysis facility
New Delhi: Safdarjung Hospital, the Central government-run hospital in Delhi, has become the second in North India to start paediatric hemodialysis facilities for children, which is a facility for purifying the blood of kidney patients.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi is the other institute where this facility is provided. With the arrival of these services at Safdarjung Hospital, children can undergo dialysis for free.
While launching the facility, the hospital Medical Superintendent Dr B L Sherwal said that it would be of great help to children with kidney failure. Sherwal, according to a media report in the Indian Express, said, "Kidney disease is not uncommon in children. Several deaths happen because of acute kidney failure, many of which are treatable. Chronic kidney failure accounts for around 10 per cent of all outpatient attendance which makes a large number, and most of them require hemodialysis in the period awaiting a kidney transplant."
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