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Around 120 Machines to be Installed in Delhi for Free Dialysis

by Kathy Jones on  May 21, 2013 at 11:10 PM Indian Health News
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In order to provide free dialysis and allied procedures to the poor and identified categories of patients, the Delhi government has decided to install 120 dialysis machines in six state-run hospitals.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Around 120 Machines to be Installed in Delhi for Free Dialysis
Around 120 Machines to be Installed in Delhi for Free Dialysis

"The government while fulfilling its earlier assurance to provide free dialysis procedure for the poor has given its nod to a proposal to set up state-of-the-art dialysis centres in six Delhi government's major hospitals," said Dikshit.

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Source: IANS

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