For many, life continues to be hard as they wait on the organ donation transplant waiting list. Not being able to access a life-saving organ transplant is not the case the entirety of the time. The family of a brain-dead man in Maharashtra gave doctors the go-ahead to donate his organs, offering hope to patients …
The Madras Medical Mission College in the Tamil Nadu state capital Chennai performed a kidney transplant for a 41-year-old man – the third time he has undergone such a procedure. Reports indicate that the man, who is said by surgeons to be recovering well, experienced kidney failure aged twelve and subsequently underwent his first kidney …
To address the increasing number of Kidney Failure patients in India, the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has released the much-awaited policy guidelines to include Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)in the ambit of private insurance coverage. According to the guidelines, patients taking treatment of PD can make reimbursement claims on a monthly basis through an …
Few would dispute that the COVID-19 pandemic is a time where feel-good stories are beneficial for the mind and soul. The story of Nikhit Nischhal is, in a number of respects, such a story. The teenage boy, at the top of his class in school, is to avail a kidney transplant courtesy of the Jharkhand …
Recent studies have indicated that even the earliest stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can have significant impacts on quality of life. Across India, the burden of kidney disease lacks precise definition and is often neglected in favour of persistent challenges posed by communicable diseases or more high-profile noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease cancer. …
Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, one of India’s most respected doctors in the field of transplant medicine, passed away on Wednesday aged 87 in Ahmedabad. Trivedi had been struggling with Parkinson’s disease for more than two years and had been treated for liver and neurological illnesses over a period of several months, two-and-a-half of which necessitated that …
A government programme to expand access to treatment for kidney disease could now carry an added benefit for recipients: peritoneal dialysis in the home. Kidney disease affects around one in every ten Indians, with around five lakh believed to be in need of treatment with dialysis. However, as previously reported by Health Issues India, seventy …
Two Uttarakhand clinics providing free treatment for kidney disease face the loss of their dialysis machines – leaving patients in the lurch. NephroPlus, a kidney care chain, has said it will cancel dialysis services for two clinics in the state effective from March 23rd. This is unless past due payments totalling Rs 6.5 crore (US$947,152) …
Tamil Nadu is grappling with a rising burden of kidney disease, doctors say. To what extent is this reflective of a broader public health problem facing India? Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 65,000 patients in Tamil Nadu, medicos speaking at an event in Madurai said yesterday. Of these 65,000 kidney disease patients, 15,000 are in …
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One type of antacids, commonly prescribed for conditions such as acid reflux, could potentially be damaging the kidney if used over a long period of time. The set of drugs, known as proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), have been shown in recent studies to elevate risk of chronic kidney disease by anywhere between twenty and fifty percent. …
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