STAND-ALONE CGHS -APOLLO DIALYSIS CENTRE AT SADIQ NAGAR NEW DELHI

A ‘Standalone Haemodialysis Centre’ at Sadiq Nagar CGHS Wellness centre exclusively for CGHS beneficiaries has been inaugurated by Ms K Sujatha Rao, Secretary Health & Family Welfare , Govt of India in presence of Dr RK Srivastava, Director General Health Services and Chairman Apollo Group of Hospitals Sh Pratap C. Reddy on 25th August 2010 . This is being started as a pilot project in collaboration with M/S Alliance Medicorp (India) Limited,Chennai a JV company of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. (Apollo Group of Hospitals) under Public Private partnership.

A space of 2400 sq. ft. covered area has been renovated to suit the requirements for providing state of art dialysis facility .It shall have a capacity to dialyze up to 21 cases of Chronic Renal Failure per day with seven functional Dialysis machines (and an additional stand by machine) and shall be operational from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. for 310 days in a year. If maximally utilized it shall be able to undertake 6510 dialysis per year. This endeavor is a pioneering initiative and first of its kind in CGHS India.

This center would be extremely beneficial to CGHS beneficiaries who are dependent on Maintenance Haemodialysis for the treatment of chronic renal failure. A CGHS beneficiary with permission From competent authority can avail this facility.

The Stand alone Dialysis Centre would be operational from 1st September 2010. Any query relating to CGHS may be addressed to e mail helpline-cghs@nic.in or helpline tel. No. 011-66667777/155224 and CMO Incharge Sadiq Nagar Wellness Center tel. No. 011-26255516 can also be contacted for further details. A CGHS beneficiary with permission from the competent authority (both pensioner and serving) can avail this facility at the Dialysis Center .

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