Chhattisgarh: Free of cost dialysis facility for kidney patients in nine districts

Raipur: A facility of free dialysis is being provided to the kidney patients in nine districts of the state. So far, more than 13,000 free dialysis sessions have been conducted in the state. 

The facility of free dialysis is being provided in nine districts of the state including Durg, Kanker, Korba, Bilaspur, Jashpur, Surguja, Mahasamund, Bijapur, and Rajnandgaon by the Chhattisgarh National Health Mission. For this, 5 dialysis machines each have been installed in Jashpur, Durg, and Kanker; 4 each in Ambikapur and Mahasamund; 6 in Korba; 3 in Bijapur; and 4 in Bilaspur (3 in CIMS Medical College and 1 machine in Bilaspur Covid Hospital). 

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Government is running many schemes related to healthcare services for the convenience of the public. Through these schemes, common people are getting medicines at cheaper rates and free of cost healthcare services. Kidney patients who need dialysis are charged anywhere between Rs 1,000 to Rs 1500 for one dialysis session by private hospitals. Considering this problem faced by kidney patients in the state, the chief minister has conceptualized free dialysis facilities in nine districts of the state. 

So far, 13,798 free dialysis sessions have been conducted in the state in these nine districts, including 4,885 sessions in Durg; 4,872 in Korba; 4,230 in Kanker; 3,504 in Bilaspur; 2,631 in Mahasamund; 1,390 in Sarguja; 942 in Bijapur; and more than 675 in Jashpur.