DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

The Haryana Government has always been fully sensitive and committed to the health of its citizens. Health and Family Welfare Minister Arti Singh Rao today said a total of 99,309 free dialysis sessions have been successfully conducted from 18th October, 2024 to 30th April, 2025 under hemodialysis services operated in 22 districts of the state.

She informed that dialysis is an expensive medical procedure, which proves to be a lifesaver for kidney patients. But now this service is being provided completely free of cost to all the citizens

of Haryana.

At present, this facility is available in 20 district civil hospitals of the state and 02 medical colleges of Karnal and Nuh. Apart from this, this service is also being provided free of cost to the eligible beneficiaries in the hospitals registered under Ayushman

Bharat Yojana.

Health Minister Arti Singh Rao said the objective of the state government is that no citizen should be deprived of essential medical facilities due to economic reasons.

She said, "We have ensured that every citizen of the state gets timely and quality health services. We have set a new record by providing life-saving services like hemodialysis free of cost."

She further informed that for better management of these services, state-of-the-art dialysis machines, trained technicians and experienced medical personnel have been deployed.

Apart from this, the Haryana Government has installed adequate number of dialysis units in all the district hospitals, so that patients do not have to wait for long.

She also informed that the government is also working rapidly on facilities like digital health records, telemedicine, and health camps to make health services more people-oriented.

The Health Minister also appealed to all the citizens to be aware and get health checkups done from time to time.

(editor@dailyworld.in)