In first phase, a 6-bed facility
starts operations at Sulaiha Hassan Dialysis Centre
Murthuzaviya Charitable Hospital,
popularly called “the 15 rupees hospital” in the north Chennai neighbourhood of
Kodungaiyur, on Saturday launched a dialysis centre for the poor. In the first
phase, a six-bed facility for dialysis has started operations in the Sulaiha
Hassan Dialysis Centre on the premises of the charitable hospital.
Launching the facility, former
Madras High Court Justice K.N. Basha said the dialysis centre would offer
services to poor patients who cannot afford huge sums of money for dialysis.
“Kidney failure is one of the deadliest conditions. We have to motivate people
who donate money for such charitable facilities,” he said.
Presiding over the inaugural
event, former Madras High Court Justice G.M. Akber Ali said: “Healthcare is a
basic need of the people. But millions of people continue to be denied tertiary
healthcare. People who donate money for providing affordable healthcare have to
be commended for their initiative.”
Chief Medical Officer S.S.M.
Khadri said the launch of the centre was a red-letter day for the charitable
hospital.
Murthuzaviya Charitable Hospital
president G.S.M.P. Khadri said the centre would offer dialysis services for ₹600. “The new dialysis centre will
have six machines. Renal failure is becoming very common in the neighbourhood.
Use of painkillers is one of the causes,” Dr. Khadri said.
He said the hospital now charges ₹15 from out-patients. Multispecialty
services are offered at ₹50.
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