Max Hospital, Noida, temporarily closed down its dialysis unit on Wednesday after patients complained of nausea and headache while undergoing dialysis. The move came following an alleged ‘contamination’ of water used for dialysis at the hospital.
“This has caused inconvenience to patients who were either sent back without the procedure being completed or were instructed to wait/make their arrangements elsewhere,’’ said Anoop Bhatnagar, who was forced to ‘put on hold’ his dialysis mid-way.
Admitting that the department has noticed the contamination , Sanjay Wadhawan, nephrologist at the hospital, said, “There is nothing unusual in temporarily shutting down the unit as we detected contamination of water being used to clean the blood. ’’
“Also we have made arrangements for patients to have their dialysis done in other hospitals . This is a normal practice observed world over. We are already working on the problem and hope to soon start the services,’’ he added.
Another patient, B.D. Nagpal’s son Dheeraj said, “My father is 75 years old and has been undergoing dialysis for over a year now. Yesterday a few hours after the dialysis, he felt uncomfortable and vomited. He is experiencing extreme fatigue even today. We were told that the RO plant at the hospital was not functioning properly and that is causing water contamination. ’’
Meanwhile, patients coming to the hospital for the procedure have complained that the hospital’s two lifts are not working properly forcing patients to often climb six floors. “The procedure is not cheap and the hospital should not be treating patients in such a shabby manner,’’ said Mr. Bhatnagar.
