A decade ago, people were dying early due to ESRD because dialysis facilities were scarce in the public sector and renal transplant facilities were inaccessible to most. More importantly, today, there are government subsidies and financial schemes available which have been helping ESRD patients extend their life from dialysis to dialysis. However, latest reports indicate that the provision of subsidised care and improved facilities have done little to ease the catastrophic financial burden on families with ESRD patients. “Chronic kidney diseases can be impoverishing and none of the long-term sustenance strategies like maintenance dialysis or renal transplant is cost effective in our settings. Every dialysis centre has at least 100 to 120 patients waiting to get in the queue for chronic dialysis.

Source: The Hindu February 18, 2019 02:58 UTC