more-inAluva centre in-charge invited for consultancy at Royal Medical and Dental Centre at Ras Al KhaimahKOCHI: The Regional Dialysis Centre, Aluva, has become a model to follow, with 16 centres under the State Health Services and six in the private sector coming up to offer subsidised dialysis services to the poor. The Medical Officer in-charge of the Aluva centre, Dr. N. Vijayakumar, has been invited for consultancy at the Royal Medical and Dental Centre at Ras Al Khaimah. The dialysis centre, a project initially funded by P. Rajeev under his MPLAD fund, was opened in 2011 as an autonomous institution under public-private partnership attached to the Government Hospital, Aluva. Dr. Vijayakumar is in charge of both the Dialysis Centre and the Haemophilia Treatment Centre at the Aluva Hospital. According to him, the invitation is from the medical insurance department of the Royal Medical Centre.

Source: The Hindu December 04, 2016 15:19 UTC