Dialysis facilities at Larkana SIUT from August.

KARACHI -- The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) will start providing dialysis facilities to kidney patients at its Larkana unit in August.

Part of SIUT's Chablani Medical Centre in Sukkur, the unit is expected to carry out , dialysis sessions yearly, catering to the needs of 95 patients.

According to an SIUT spokesperson, the unit has already been equipped with a water purification system while its drainage system, being built by the local government, is in final stages.

'Twelve dialysis machines have reached Larkana, which will be put for testing for two weeks. Monitors required for high dependency unit are being installed while facilities of radiology and pathology are also at final stages,' he said.

The unit would be a functional branch of SIUT Sukkur, which is a fully-fledged hospital with in-patient and outpatient services, operation theatres...

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