State has biggest dialysis network

State Health ministerRushikesh Patellaunched 31 dialysis centres under theGujaratDialysis Programme. The programme is run by the Institute of Kidney

Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC), and has some 500 technicians and

A few other states do have dialysis centre networks, but most run onPPPmodel, he said, adding that Gujarat is perhaps the first in the country to introduce single-use dialyzer and blood tubing for every patient.