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Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre has a largest dialysis unit in the city of Mumbai which can accommodate 100-120 patients for dialysis from 7.00AM to 11.00PM.
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| The AKD department has provision for 16 latest technology (computerized volumetric) single patient-haemodialysis machines with 12 beds and 4 dialysis chairs. Each bed is provided with a television set. More than one thousand dialysis procedures done each month backed by an efficient Bio-medical engineering team, which helps in servicing the dialysis machines. |
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| A call bell system is arranged for in the department whereby a call switch pressed by the patient is indicated on the panel at the main nursing station and immediate attention is given to. Separate washing areas for infected and non-infected patients are provided for reprocessing of dialyses and blood tubing after which they are stored in the respective wash rooms. |
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| Infected patients (i.e. Hbs Ag and HIV antibody-positive) are dialyzed on isolated machines. |
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| Provision for dialysing critically ill patients in the 6th floor ICU and 1st floor SICU & ICCU has also been made with 2 haemodialysis machines each placed on the respective floors. Three extra machines are kept as standby machines in case of machine are kept as standby machines in case of machine failure or breakdown. |
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| Reverse osmosis (R.O) water is provided for all the haemodialysis machines in AKD as well as in ICUs. The R.O water provided in the AKD department is kept in constant circulation by using a variable frequency booster pump which continuously pumps R.O water through the stainless steel plumbing lines maintaining the circulation of R.O water even if no dialysis machine in functioning. |
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| A CRRT ( Continuous Renal Replacement therapy) machine is provided for doing CVVH ( Continuous Veno-Venus Hemo filteration, CVVHD ( Continuous Veno- Venous Hemodiafiltration, SLED ( Slow Continuous Ultra- efficiency Dialysis), SLUF ( Slow continuous ultra-filtration, plasmopherosis etc) procedures in the ICUs. Backed by an excellent team of – Urologist and Transplant Surgeons. |
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| Well known consultant nephrologist are attached to Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre. |
