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Aashayein, the day long fun and educational, free event for dialysis patients is going to be held in Bangalore! Its on Sunday, December 2nd at Hotel Fern Citadel near Anand Rao Circle from 9 a.m. Aashayein is a great event for dialysis patients. There have been two events organized in Hyderabad so far and patients… Continue reading Try Not to Give More Than a One Day Gap Between Dialysis Sessions

Aashayein, the day long fun and educational, free event for dialysis patients is going to be held in Bangalore! Its on Sunday, December 2nd at Hotel Fern Citadel near Anand Rao Circle from 9 a.m. Aashayein is a great event for dialysis patients. There have been two events organized in Hyderabad so far and patients… Continue reading Announcing Aashayein Bengaluru

There is a lot of misinformation floating around among dialysis patients and their families. Often we patients are told by so-called well-wishers that we don’t need that much dialysis. Some even go to the extent of suggesting that if we do too much dialysis, the kidneys do not have a chance to work. “If all… Continue reading Never Miss Dialysis Sessions

For the last two months, a small group of dialysis patients has been meeting once a month to discuss mutual problems and share tips on coping with kidney disease. We meet at NephroPlus’ East Marredpally center at 5 p.m. on the first Saturday every month. The concept of a support group is really great. Only… Continue reading Patient Support Group Meetings at NephroPlus

NephroPlus launched its first center at Bangalore in Koshy’s Hospital in Ramamurthy Nagar. The unit has come out really nice and we feel it is one of our best units so far. We’re starting with ten machines. This is a huge step for NephroPlus as it is our first unit outside the state of Andhra Pradesh. Managing units… Continue reading NephroPlus Comes to Bangalore

NephroPlus is organizing an awareness program for World Kidney Day. There’s going to be the launch of a book called “Protect your Kidneys” which has been co-authored by Dr. S. Krishnan, Medical Director of NephroPlus, East Marredpally Center. Dr. Gopal Kishen, Father of Nephrology of Andhra Pradesh is going to launch the book. There is… Continue reading Today is World Kidney Day!

So, Aashayein is done! After weeks of hard work of the entire NephroPlus team, the event is finally over. It is difficult to imagine that it is over. After occupying your mind’s space for so long, when something of this magnitude is completed, it is often difficult to come to terms with it! The event,… Continue reading Aashayein 2012

We launch our second center tomorrow. This is a big step. So far, we had one center. All efforts were focussed on that center. Suddenly, now things become more complicated. Managing operations in two centers will bring more challenges. Catering to patients in multiple centers, making sure their every need is fulfilled, making sure the… Continue reading Second Center Launch

Sunday, February 6th, 2011 Aashayein, the first-ever exclusive event for dialysis patients was a huge success! More than 600 people attended and half of them were patients! By any standards, the event was a hit. For the first time, 300 patient with a similar set of problems gathered together under one roof and talked to… Continue reading Aashayein – a Resounding Success

We finally began operations yesterday! Here are the three things about our center that are different: 1. Availability of different modalities of hemodialysis We offer non-conventional modalities like nocturnal daily dialysis, short daily dialysis and every other day dialysis apart from the regular thrice a week, four hour sessions. This is great because nephrologists and… Continue reading NephroPlus Begins Operations