INSTITUTE OF NEPHROLOGY
Facilities and services
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Department’s achievements are mentioned under the following headings: Newer developments that have happened during the last 5 years are highlighted.
1) Patient care
2) Academic training and research
3) Community level services
Patient care & services:
Comprehensive renal care is provided to poor patients with kidney diseases hailing from all over the state.
No of units in the department: 2
OP day’s and timings: Unit – I Unit –II
General Nephrology OP Monday & Thursday Tuesday & Friday
(10.30 Am to 1PM) (10.30 Am to 1PM)
Renal Transplant OP Wednesday
(10.30 Am to 1PM)
Admission Days : Unit – I Unit –II
Mon / wed / Thurs Tues / Fri / sat
BED STRENGTH
UNIT I = 30 beds; UNIT II = 30 beds
Wards | No. of beds |
Male ward | 26 |
Female ward | 15 |
Hemodialysis room | 10 |
Peritoneal dialysis room | 5 |
Intensive renal care unit | 2 |
Post renal transplant room | 12 |
Maintenance HD unit | 17 |
TOTAL | 87 |
2
I. SERVICES.
1. Regular Out-patient & In-patient care with Laboratory investigations & periodic follow – up.
2. Round - the - clock intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis
3. Hemodialysis including SLED & CRRT
4. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis(CAPD)
5. Kidney Transplantation (living and deceased donor)
Out patient services:
General Nephrology OP: 4 days a week. (till 2011, it was on 3 days a week)
Exclusive OP for renal transplant recipients’ follow up once a week
In patient services:
Number of patients admitted has gone up significantly during the last 3 years
Dialysis services:
Round the clock facilities for acute peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis are available.
Acute peritoneal dialysis is also performed in various other departments by our personnel. Our centre performs maximum number of acute PD in the entire world.
A ‘state of the art’ new maintenance haemodialysis unit was started in March 2013. With generous donations from a Philanthropist and Indian Society of Nephrology, Southern chapter and contributions from Tamil Nadu Government, a new Maintenance Hemodialysis unit was inaugurated on 13th March 2013 with 12 machines.This is the first of it’s kind in any Govt. institution of Tamilnadu. In this unit, underprivileged patients with end stage renal failure without a suitable related kidney donor are getting regular haemodialysis Now the unit has expanded to cater about 80 patients. Dedicated machines have been allocated to patients with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV positive patients. Entire dialysis including parenteral iron and erythropoietin injection are given free of cost under chief minister’s comprehensive health insurance scheme(CMCHIS)
CAPD: (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis)
A mode of dialysis which can be performed by the patient at home itself. Very beneficial for patients hailing from places where there is no haemodialysis facility. Our centre is the first Govt. centre to start this facility. So far 150 patients have been started on CAPD. Our institute has been state nodal point for CAPD under Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam[MTM], Govt flagship programme to deliver health care to last mile.
Both CAPD and maintenance HD have become reality because of CMCHIS
NEW MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS UNIT:
Renal Transplantation Programme
First renal transplantation was done in 1986
Regular transplant programme was started in 1987
First cadaver renal transplant was done in 1996
Regular cadaver transplant programme was started in 2008
Achievements so far:
Total number of renal transplants: 1609(till date)
Living related donor transplants: 1303
Cadaver donor renal transplants: 306
| PROGRESS IN SERVICES |
| 1987 | 2000 | 2011 | 2016 | 2024 | OVER 30 yrs |
OP | 8043 | 15912 | 15657 | 35259 | 46627 | X 3 |
IP | 1235 | 3915 | 4500 | 5500 | 7900 | X 40 |
HD | 1885 | 2842 | 5080 | 20090 | 31914 | X 10 |
PD | 714 | 1142 | 1274 | 1658 | 1200 | |
CAPD | - | 1 | - | 30 | 150 | X 5 |
TR | 15 | 31 | 64 | 79 | 50 | |
( TX – Renal Transplants,PD –Peritoneal dialysis, HD- Hemo dialysis)
ACADEMIC and RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
D.M.Nephrology Course was started in 1978 with one candidate per year which was increased to two from the academic year 1980-81.The number was increased to 6 per year from 2010. This department has trained 85 nephrologists till date. We have conducted 6 National / Regional conferences so far.
M.D. (Gen.Med.) qualified post graduates (six per annum) are being trained for D.M. Nephrology degree. Our department is among the ones in the entire country which have trained maximum number of trainees. An intensive structured teaching programme is part of the training schedule. Apart from Nephrology postgraduates, the following students are also trained in Nephrology.
Medical: Undergraduates – M.B.B.S
Postgraduates – M.D. (Gen. Medicine & Geriatrics),
D.M.(Rheumatology),
Nursing: Diploma, B.Sc., M.Sc.,
Pharmacy: B Pharm, PharmD
Nutrition: B.Sc.
Dialysis Technology
Dialysis Technology Training Course
In 2004, one year certificate course in ‘Dialysis Technology’ was started.Every year, 20 students are trained in haemodialysis techniques.