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Services
January 01, 1970
Inpatient services
| Inpatient services: Provided in the general ward, pediatric ITU/ICU and private wards for all kidney diseases including acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, glomerular diseases (nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, haemolytic uremic syndrome and others), tubular diseases( renal tubular acidosis, Bartter’s syndrome, Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and others), Urinary tract infections, congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract, cystic kidney diseases, hypertension, renal- related vasculitis, and Urolithiasis |
- General and private wards: 25-bed general ward for kidney care of clinically stable patients
- Intermediate treatment unit: 5-bed: Unit for monitoring and treatment of sick children
- Pediatric Intensive care unit: Need-based beds provided for critically ill children with kidney disease needing acute peritoneal dialysis, acute hemodialysis, and continuous renal replacement therapies
- Peritoneal dialysis unit: For initiating CAPD, training caregivers, and treating complications. In-house automated PD facility is available
- Hemodialysis unit: Providing maintenance dialysis and plasmapheresis for stable children
- Kidney transplant unit: Undertaking kidney transplantation and post-operative care in children and adolescents
- Kidney biopsy: Conducting kidney biopsies under ultrasound guidance for infants, children and adolescents
- Nephro-pathology: Kidney biopsies (Light microscopy and Immunofluorescence) are reported by an in-house nephropathologist. Electron microscopy studies are outsourced
- Service to allied departments and cross consultations: Kidney care services are provided as cross consultations to departments of pediatrics, Pediatric hemato-oncology, and neonatal ICU, and consultations are obtained from departments of immunology, endocrinology , gastroenterology, neurology, cardiology, and pulmonology
- Short stay day care: Children with kidney disease needing a short stay for infusions of specific medications are provided with day care