When kidneys fail, dialysis becomes your lifeline. At SJS Hospital, our Dialysis unit has been operational since our very first day in August 2020, reflecting our commitment to providing essential, life-sustaining care to patients with kidney failure. With four dedicated dialysis machines and an experienced, empathetic team, we ensure that when you need dialysis, you receive it promptly, safely, and with the dignity and compassion you deserve.
From the moment we opened our doors, dialysis services have been a cornerstone of our hospital. This isn’t a new addition—it’s a core service we’ve been providing and perfecting for years, giving patients and their families the confidence that comes with experience and reliability.
We understand that dialysis can’t wait. With four dedicated dialysis machines, we can accommodate multiple patients efficiently, ensuring you don’t face long delays when you need this life-sustaining treatment. Your time matters, and your health can’t be put on hold.
Dialysis isn’t just a medical procedure—it’s a regular part of life for chronic kidney patients. Our dialysis team combines clinical expertise with genuine empathy, understanding that you’re not just a patient, but a person facing significant health challenges. They treat you with respect, compassion, and the personalized attention that makes difficult treatment more bearable.
Dialysis requires meticulous attention to safety and hygiene. Our dialysis unit maintains strict infection control protocols, properly sterilized equipment, and a clean environment to ensure every session is as safe as possible.
Hemodialysis: Regular maintenance dialysis for chronic kidney disease, acute dialysis for sudden kidney failure, emergency dialysis available 24/7, scheduled sessions to fit your routine, flexible timing to accommodate work and family commitments.
Conditions We Treat: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 requiring dialysis, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), acute kidney injury (AKI), drug or toxin overdose requiring dialysis, severe electrolyte imbalances, fluid overload in heart or kidney failure, post-surgical kidney support, complications from diabetes or hypertension affecting kidneys.
When kidneys fail, they can’t filter waste products and excess fluid from your blood. Dialysis does this work for your kidneys, removing toxins and maintaining proper fluid and electrolyte balance. It’s not a cure, but it sustains life and maintains quality of life for people with kidney failure.
Each dialysis session typically takes 3-4 hours, is performed 2-3 times per week for chronic patients, removes waste products and excess fluid, balances electrolytes, helps control blood pressure, and makes you feel better and more energetic.
Comfortable, Supportive Environment: Comfortable dialysis chairs/beds, clean well-lit dialysis room, entertainment options during long sessions, privacy and dignity maintained, family can stay with you during treatment, empathetic staff who understand your journey.
Individualized Treatment Plans: Dialysis prescription tailored to your needs, dry weight assessment and management, fluid intake guidance, dietary counseling specific to dialysis patients, medication management, regular monitoring and adjustments.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Blood pressure monitoring during dialysis, weight measurement before and after, blood tests to assess dialysis adequacy, electrolyte level monitoring, anemia management, infection prevention and vascular access care.
Seamless coordination with other departments: with Nephrology/Medicine (medical management of kidney disease, blood pressure and diabetes control, treatment of underlying causes, prevention of further kidney damage); with Urology (treatment of urological causes of kidney failure, management of kidney stones, urinary tract obstruction relief, creation of dialysis access when needed); with Cardiology (management of fluid overload affecting heart, blood pressure control crucial for both organs, treatment of heart complications from kidney failure); with Vascular Surgery/General Surgery (AV fistula creation for dialysis access, permcath insertion for temporary access, vascular access maintenance and repair); with Pathology (regular blood tests for dialysis monitoring, kidney function tests, electrolyte levels, anemia assessment, infection screening); with Nutrition/Dietetics (special dialysis diet guidance, protein/potassium/phosphorus management, fluid restriction counseling, nutritional supplements); with Physiotherapy (exercise programs suitable for dialysis patients, maintaining strength and mobility, managing muscle cramps, improving overall physical health).
Your dialysis access is your lifeline—we protect it. Types of access: AV fistula (permanent access, surgically created), AV graft (when fistula isn’t possible), central venous catheter (temporary access), permcath for long-term temporary access. Access monitoring and maintenance: regular assessment of access function, early detection of problems, proper
cannulation techniques, patient education on access care, infection prevention, prompt treatment of complications.
Kidney emergencies don’t follow schedules. Our dialysis facility operates round-the-clock for urgent situations: acute kidney failure requiring immediate dialysis, severe electrolyte imbalances (high potassium), toxic ingestion requiring urgent removal, severe fluid overload, uremic emergencies, dialysis-dependent patients with urgent needs. Our highly equipped casualty can initiate emergency dialysis immediately when lives depend on it.
We Help You Live, Not Just Survive:
Education and Support: Understanding your kidney disease, learning about dialysis and what to expect, dietary guidance for dialysis patients, fluid management education, medication compliance, recognizing warning signs, coping with lifestyle changes.
Quality of Life Focus: Scheduling dialysis around your life not life around dialysis, maintaining employment when possible, family support and counseling, mental health support, social and emotional well-being, connection with other dialysis patients, hope and encouragement.
Dietary Guidance for Dialysis: Protein needs (higher than pre-dialysis), potassium restriction, phosphorus control, sodium and fluid limits, adequate calories, vitamin and mineral supplementation, practical meal planning.
Symptoms Suggesting Kidney Failure: Severe fatigue and weakness, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, swelling in legs/ankles/feet, shortness of breath, confusion or difficulty concentrating, high blood pressure hard to control, decreased or no urine output, itching all over body, metallic taste in mouth.
Conditions Leading to Dialysis: Advanced diabetes damaging kidneys, uncontrolled high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease progression, glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation), polycystic kidney disease, recurrent kidney infections, obstruction causing kidney damage, acute kidney injury not recovering.
Dialysis is a life-sustaining treatment that requires ongoing sessions. Under MJPJAY and other government healthcare schemes, dialysis treatment is covered for eligible patients, including: regular dialysis sessions, blood tests and monitoring, medications related to kidney disease, emergency dialysis, hospitalization when needed.
For patients not covered under schemes, our dialysis rates remain affordable because we believe life-sustaining treatment shouldn’t be financially impossible.
What Patients Can Expect:
During Dialysis: Initial needle insertion (most patients adjust to this), resting comfortably during 3-4 hour session, blood pressure monitoring, possible mild side effects (managed by staff), time to read/watch videos/rest/talk, supportive staff always nearby.
Between Dialysis Sessions: Following dietary restrictions, taking prescribed medications, monitoring fluid intake, maintaining vascular access, reporting problems promptly, living as normally as possible.
Long-Term Outlook: Many dialysis patients live for years with good quality of life—maintaining employment, enjoying family time, traveling (with planning), pursuing hobbies, some become eligible for kidney transplant, life continues adapted but fulfilling.
Minimal waiting means: get scheduled quickly when you need dialysis, less anxiety about availability, flexible appointment times, emergency capacity always available, we’re rarely fully booked, your treatment isn’t delayed, more personalized attention per patient. This capacity reflects our commitment—dialysis isn’t a side service, it’s a priority.
