Gandhinagar civil hospital gets Dialysis center (video)

Gandhinagar

Health Minister Nitin Patel today inaugurated 20 bed capacity Dyalysis center at Civil hospital in Gandhinagar. Until now, the people from Gandhinagar had to travel to Ahmedabad for dialysis but now the facility will be available in Gandhinagar itself. Patel said the state government had taken a decision to set up dialysis facility in each district civil hospital and major community health centers. Accordingly, more than 30 district places have been already given this facility. Dialysis cost Rs 1500-2000 in private hospitals, while in government hospital it is available for token rate of Rs 200. Patel added that in most of the districts, even this token charge is waived due to donations received from donors. He said Rs 1.36 crore 20-bed dyalysis center in Gandhinagar will also serve people from surrounding district areas. The center has modern dialysis machines, chairs, automatic dialyser, reprocesor etc latest equipment. The minister interacted with patients being treated in the hospital. MLAs Ashokbhi Patel, Shambhuji Thakor, Kidney hospital Ahmedabad Director Dr HL Trivedi among others were present on this occasion.

– DeshGujarat