Thirumalai Mission Hospital in Ranipet gets new dialysis units

Thirumalai Mission Hospital in Ranipet has received four dialysis units from Rotary Club of Ranipet with the aim of providing low-cost service to patients, especially people hailing from poor families in Ranipet and Vellore districts, and surrounding areas.

According to a press release, Dr. Bhooma Parthasarathy, Trustee – Director, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, who presided over the occasion, said the addition of the two new units was made possible through the Rotary Club of Ranipet’s Global Grant, and with this, the dialysis care unit in the hospital has been elevated as a Centre of Excellence.

The dialysis facility with two units was set up in 2018 at the 15-year-old Thirumalai Mission Hospital. Since then, over 33,000 procedures have been performed – most of them free of cost to the rural poor through health insurance schemes of the governments. Since its inception, over 200 people have made use of the facility and 80 of them are using it now.

In addition to physicians, who were on emergency duty to oversee the service daily, a visiting nephrologist also visits the unit periodically. With four new machines, worth about Rs. 40 lakh, the facility is expected to provide about 8,000 services in the coming year.

The chief guest was Rajan Babu, District Governor, Rotary International District 3231. Other dignitaries include Rengarajan Chidambaram, Rotary Club of Granville District 9675, Australia, Vimal, President, Ranipet Rotary Club, Narmada Ashok, trustee, Anand Rangachary, Chief Executive Officer, and G. Prabhakar, Medical Superintendent, the release said.