Cuttack: In view of rising incidences of kidney related ailments, the state government has decided to set up a dialysis centre at Narasinghpur block in the district.
The government has also planned to install two semi auto analyser machines each at Kanpur and Maniabandh hospitals for prompt diagnosis of renal ailments.
Currently, the patients have to visit SCB Medical College and Hospital for dialysis. Once the machines are set up, the patients will not have to travel 80 to 90 km to undergo dialysis and other diagnosis. Earlier, the district administration had supplied two analyser machines each to Badamba and Narasinghpur health centres.
The decision to set up dialysis unit and analyser machines was taken at a high-level meeting at the Secretariat Thursday. Chaired by health minister Pratap Jena, the meeting was attended by Badamba MLA Debi Prasad Mishra, health secretary Pramod Meherda, national health mission director Shalini Pandit, Cuttack collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra and SCB nephrology department professor Chittaranjan Kar.
According to sources, as many as 1187 persons were suffering from kidney ailments at Narasinghpur block till April while the figure is 360 in Badamba block. Likewise, 400 people have died of kidney diseases in these two blocks between 2001 and 2017, of which 366 were from Narasinghpur block.
A survey conducted in 2012 revealed that the region witnesses 30 to 40 new patients every year. It was decided in the meeting to conduct another survey to find out the reasons behind the rising incidences of kidney ailments in the area. Experienced professors of nephrology department will soon launch a research in this regard, sources said. Recently, Indian Council of Medical Research has accepted a proposal to conduct a study on the kidney ailments in the area. SCB nephrology doctor Chittaranjan Kar is working on the project.
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