Availing all possible healthcare facilities, all J&K district hospitals to have dialysis centre by July 2020

Jammu, December 26: Aligning all medical facilities, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is leaving no stones unturned for the people to avail all healthcare services. Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo today said that all District Hospitals (DHs) of Jammu and Kashmir would have functional Dialysis Centres by July 2020, adding that even as the facility is already available in majority of DHs. He said this while chairing a meeting convened to review implementation of Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme under National Health Mission at the Civil Secretariat.

 

The dialysis programme is aimed at to provide improved access to dialysis services at district headquarters and to reduce impoverishment on account of out-of-pocket expenditure for patients, who have to undergo important life-saving procedure. During the review meeting, the FC was informed that Dialysis Centres have been established in Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri, Kathua, Poonch, Doda, Kishtwar, Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Pulwama, Kulgam and Kupwara and 70 dialysis machines have been provided through Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, free of cost for the purpose.

The meeting also decided that District Hospitals Anantnag and Baramulla will be provided extra 4 dialysis machines each to cater to the huge rush of patients at the hospitals.
The meeting was further informed that in the year 2019, 11,689 dialysis sessions have been held during which 273 patients have availed services under the dialysis programme.