Nephrology

The Department is spread over an entire floor at the hospital. The ward can accommodate upto 42 patients with round – the – clock supervision from a team of senior residents, trained dialysis nurses and technical staff. In addition, the department also conducts OPDs as a convenient service on all working days. 

The facilities include, fourteen state – of – the – art haemodialysis equipment of world class category. The dialysis programme supports maintenance haemodialysis and treatment of all kinds of kidney failure cases. The Department provides Peritoneal Dialysis at the bedside.

In addition, the facility for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) is of highest quality and excellence with a designated staff. The Department of Nephrology in this hospital has remained accredited as a “centre of excellence” since 1998 by the Ministry of Health, Government of India. 

Until June, 2006 the department had conducted over 90,000 haemodialysis. This figure, as well as the unit’s capacity to accommodate upto 42 patients per day for dialysis, are unique in this specialised field by any standards. Our service provides ancillary haemodiaysis procedures of diafiltration, haemofiltration, plasmapheresis and Continuous Replacement Therapy. 

The other advanced diagnostic facilities here include Nuclear Medicine, Renal Histopathology and Angiography, Computerised Tomography (CT Scanning), Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Immunology. All of these go to make the Department capable of meeting any medical condition in patient care programme.

Kidney Transplantation:

The Kidney Transplant track record at the Batra Hospital generates tremendous confidence and reassurance for patients with nearly irreversible kidney ailments. Supported by two operation theaters earmarked for kidney operation, the surgery unit is geared to meet any emergency at any hour. And, thanks to the new generation monitoring equipment, the Kidney Transplant ICU as well as the sophisticated barrier nursing, intensive care in immediate and intermediate care facilities. There has not been a single case of hyper acute rejection by the recipients or any complication in the donors. Little wonder than, the department has achieved a notable reputation and has conducted more than 536 successful transplants in the past eighteen years. 

A recent addition to the hospital has been the donor operations using laparoscopic techniques. This minimizes the discomfort to the donors. Donor nephrectomy using such minimally invasive techniques (Laparoscopy) has lead to much greater acceptance of kidney donation. 

The integrated Renal Transplantation service has maintained a success rate of over 95% at one year with no patient mortality, comparable to the best centres in the world. 

With the opening of New Block, Batra Hospital envisages soon to start Liver Transplantation and is amongst the few centres in Delhi that has government recognition and approval for cadaveric organ donation.