Dialysis facility inadequate at Abohar hospital

Patients suffering from kidney diseases are at the receiving end at the Subdivisional Civil Hospital here. Since only one of the two dialysis machines is functional, only two patients could avail themselves of the free facility at the 100-bed hospital in a day.

One of the two dialysis machines at the hospital had conked out long ago while the other has been repaired four times and may stop working any time. Dr Suresh Kamboj, medical officer at the hospital, said dialysis of patients suffering from kidney problems was being done only through one machine since long. It has been repaired for the last time. If it gets damaged now, the government would not be getting it repaired.