Dialysis
We provide dialysis service driven by an efficient team of
nephrologist, nurses, and certified haemodialysis technicians along with registered
dieticians. Peritoneal, nocturnal and short daily dialysis and haemodialysis are
provided to both children and adults.
Diabetes is the chief culprit for kidney failure in the case of 40% of the patients
we provide dialysis. Other main cause is supposed to be hypertension. There may be
many reasons for such problems.
In certain specific cases, the hospital has asked
the family members to appear for screening. Patients, who have crossed the
creatinine level 4 or 5, are called end stage kidney patients. They venture to
accept some sort of alternate therapy and come to this hospital once they feel it is
an emergency. In such acute cases also, Dr. Saravanan’s expertise and finesse have
contributed to the positive side of the treatment.
Generally, the doctors don’t prefer to recommend dialysis for their patients since
the expenditure for dialysis or kidney transplantation is prohibitively high. The
economic burden to middle classes will be unbearable due to its prolonged nature.
Dr. Saravanan’s hitech facility has a tie-up with nephro plus in Erode. Their facility
today boasts
of 21 dialysis machines at Erode and 12 machines at Karur. They are, at the moment,
catering to
approximately 200 patients each month approximately for dialysis. Dr. Saravanan’s
hi-tech therapy
and fine-tuned gadgetry have come in for much praise from the medical fraternity. They
adopt 3
modalities. The first one being Hemodialysis, where the patient is required to
visit the
centre at least twice a week, which involves running blood through a circuit to undergo
a filtration
process.
The next option is Peritoneal Dialysis, which is also called by the term home
dialysis.
Doctors insert a small tube in the abdomen. Blood gets purified in the abdomen itself.
Training is
given for this at home itself for the benefit and comfort of the patients who find it
difficult to
visit the hospital twice or thrice a week. This rigmarole has to be followed on daily
basis.
They perform hemodialysis 24X7. People can complete the procedure early morning and
attend to other
official work. But, transplant is the most recommended and ideal solution.
