The
Coimbatore Dialysis & Kidney Transplantation
Centre of Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, was
started in the year 1988. The centre has
a state-of-the-art Dialysis Unit with specific
provision for Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis
and continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis.
It was this centre that had a dialysis unit,
adopting “Reverse Osmosis System”
in Coimbatore for the first time. This was
the first centre that was first authorised
by the government to undertake kidney transplantation
by obtaining the certification under Human
Organs Transplantation act. The centre has
4 theatres for Kidney transplantation. The
kidney post transplant ward has 20 beds
and is well equipped with 24 hrs monitoring
facility.
This is the only hospital in Tamilnadu to
do two kidney transplants on the very first
day of the inauguration of the transplant
unit. This is the only hospital to do successively
two kidney transplants in the same day in
Coimbatore. Longest surviving kidney transplant
patient (more than 13 years) only from Sri
Ramakrishna Hospital in whole of Coimbatore.
This is the first hospital to get Government
permission to do kidney transplantation.
This is the first hospital to get Government
Approval for grant for transplantation from
CM’s relief fund and PM’s fund.
Medical Officerss
Dr.A.Rajachandran, MD.,DM[Nephro] - Nephrologist
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES
X-Ray
Facilities for contrast studies
Angiogram – Renal Angiogram for
transplant work
USG
CT
MRI
24 hours Biochemistry services
24 hours Blood Bank
ICU
PROCEDURES
Hemodialysis
for chronic renal failure
Hemodialysis for acute renal failure
Peritoneal dialysis
Hemodialysis for poisoning eg.Organophosphorus
Planmapheresis for G B syndrome
Renal Biopsy
Renal transplantation – Related
& Unrelated
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