With government haemodialysis units overcrowded and 2 lakh new kidney patients added yearly, nephrologists urge large-scale adoption of home-based peritoneal dialysis. A new policy paper says PD offers flexible, sustainable, and equitable kidney care alongside HD in India.

Hyderabad: In Hyderabad and districts of Telangana, the Government-run haemodialysis (HD) units at Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital, Kakatiya Medical College and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) are perennially full, leading to long waiting lists of chronic kidney patients who need dialysis but struggle to afford in private sector.

Access is even more difficult for kidney patients who live in remote locations and struggle to visit a local Area Hospital for dialysis sessions. Furthermore, every yea

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