Common diseases like diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulo-nephritis can lead to permanents loss of renal functions - with dialysis and renal transplantation being the frequent outcome. The emergence of new therapeutic interventions has created opportunities in India to manage the progression of renal diseases.

For those who need renal replacement therapy, services like Hemodialysis, Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Transplantation are also available. In addition to the basic haemodialysis facilities, the patients requirements for other modalities of treatments such as continuous Arterio-Venous Haemofilteration (CAVH), Continous Cycler-Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD) are also available.

Patients can also avail of the clock service is available at these hospitals for the critically ill patients in the intensive pare units who may need fluid, electrolyte management and renal supportive therapy.

The cost of getting dialysis is around Rs. 1,700 - Rs. 1,800 per dialysis whereas the same costs about $ 300 in the USA . Similarly a kidney transplant package in India is available for around Rs. 3 lakh which is comparatively much cheaper than what it would cost abroad.


Major hospitals in India like have department of Nephrology and Organ Transplant equipped with the latest computerized dialysis machines, reverse osmosis water planat to provide pure ad trace element-free water supply, as well as state-of-the-art facilities in the operating rooms and Transplant Intensive Care Units.