As part of expansion of health services, dialysis facilities are being extended in 24 district hospitals of Chhattisgarh.
The aim is to provide relief to kidney patients at the nearest point and save them from financial burden, an official communication said.
A total of 106 dialysis machines have been installed in these 24 hospitals where 87,321 sessions have been done. In the last financial year 2022-23, a total of 46, 679 dialysis sessions were done. The districts extending the dialysis are Durg, Kanker, Bilaspur, Mahasamund, Korba, Sarguja, Jashpur, Bijapur, Raipur, Janjgir, Jagdalpur, Gariaband, Mungeli, Dhamtari, Balodabazar, Baikunthpur, Surajpur, Kawardha, Rajnandgaon, Balod, Bemetara, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Sukma and Deobhog. Utilizing the District Mineral Trust Fund, four other district hospitals in Dantewada, Balrampur, Raigarh and Kondagaon are being provided dialysis machines.