Dialysis & Kidney Transplant in India

Common diseases like diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulo-nephritis can lead to permanent loss of renal functions - with dialysis and renal transplantation being the frequent outcome. The emergence of new therapeutic interventions has created opportunities in India to manage the progression of renal diseases. ISO certified major hospitals in India like Manipal Hospital and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have departments of Nephrology and Organ Transplant equipped with the latest computerized dialysis machines, reverse osmosis water plant to provide pure and trace element-free water supply, as well as state-of-the-art facilities in the operating rooms and Transplant Intensive Care Units.

For those who need renal replacement therapy, services like Hemodialysis, Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Transplantation are also available. In addition to the basic hemodialysis facilities, the patients' requirements for other modalities of treatment such as Continuous Arterio-Venous Haemofilteration (CAVH), Continuous Veno-Venous Haemofilteration (CVVH), Continuous Cycler-Assisted Peritioneal Dialysis (CCPD) are also available. Patients can also avail of the bicarbonate dialysis facility at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. Round the clock service is available at these hospitals for the critically ill patients in the intensive care units who may need fluid, electrolyte management and renal supportive therapy. The cost of getting a dialysis is around US$ 50 to US$ 75 per dialysis whereas the same costs about $ 300 in the U.S.A. Similarly a kidney transplant package in India is available for around US$ 7500 which is comparatively much cheaper than what it would cost abroad.


Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is a condition characterized by raised or increased fasting blood sugar (>126 mg/dl) and / or >200 mg/dl two hours after a meal / any random value. You may or may not have classical symptoms. It may be detected during routine medical check-up.

Diabetes in children
Childhood Diabetes Mellitus is traditionally called Type1 Diabetes or Juvenile Diabetes where pancreas fails to produce the key enzyme Insulin, as a result the child becomes dependent on Insulin for whole of his/her life. We all know the incidence of Diabetes is increasing very rapidly all over the world but fortunately we do not have much cases of type 1 Diabetes in our country as opposed to the west.

Manipal Hospital (Bangalore), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital (New Delhi) has the largest renal transplant program in the country, having successfully performed both living related and cadaveric transplants. a host of urological and nephrological problems find a cure through the availability of medical expertise.

Some of Nephrology & Urology related treatments professionally done in India at Manipal Hospital (Bangalore) as well as Indraprastha Apollo Hospital (New Delhi) are;

++ renal transplantation
++ dialysis
++ graft survival
++ transplant surgeries
++ pediatric kidney transplant
++ pediatric kidney transplantation
++ cadaveric donation
and simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation to name a few.
Current legal Status of Kidney Transplant in India is as follows;

"As per the rules of our country, only a relative who is compatible can donate a kidney to the patient. Among the relatives, there is a category called the near relatives which is parents, siblings, children and spouse. People in this category can donate the kidney if they are medically compatible without the permission of the Government. Any other relative not belonging to this category in addition to being medically suitable, the permission from the Respective Government needs to be taken

Please note: We can send you the relevant documents that are needed for near related and non near related transplants upon request.