Dialysis care in Bangladesh | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2011年9月28日—Costofdialysisinthisparticularunitissubsidizedbythegovernment,atabout$8-10pertreatment.Butmostpatientsareonlyableto ...

Although diabetes and hypertension rates in developing countries is rising to match that seen in developed regions, care for patients with end-stage renal disease is still a nascent field.

I recently visited Dhaka, Bangladesh. I was able to visit 2 dialysis units there, one sponsored by a charity and another that was part of the National Kidney Hospital in Dhaka. The National Kidney Hospital in Dhaka is a major referral center for care for patients with acute kidney injury from other hospitals, and has one of the largest outpatient dialysis units (with 30-40 dialysis machines functioning at one time). My understanding is that less 10,000 patients are undergoing some form of dialysis or living with a transplant in the country.

It was so interesting to learn how dialysis is run in Dhaka. Nephrologists I met there mentioned that they take care of about 100 patients who are outpatients. C...