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Fortis Hospital offers 5-test package for kidney’s wellness

The hospital offers discounts to kidney surgery, USG, KUB screening, Micro albumin tests

NOIDA, March 13, 2008: Fortis Hsopital, Noida, is celebrating World Kidney Day during March 10-25, offering a package of five intensive tests to give you all relevant critical information about your kidney. The combination of these tests – which normally costs Rs 4500/- – is now being offered at only Rs 500.

The hospital also organized a public awareness talk by eminent kidney specialists such as Dr Vijay Kher and Dr Manoj Kumar Singhal to commemorate the occasion. The doctors explained how kidneys help in purifying our blood and remove excess water. They also gave details on how kidneys help control Blood Pressure, produce red blood cells and keep bones healthy. The doctors also stressed on how the risk of death from heart disease is 100 times greater if one has kidney disease.

International studies show that one out of 10 people globally suffer from some form of kidney damage. That’s why Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is often termed as a silent killer because it often goes undetected because the patients do not feel any uneasiness till it’s too late.

In the awareness talk, Fortis doctors listed out a few symptoms of CKD: Patients having diabetes mellitus or high BP; patients over 50 years of age and having difficulty in urination; patients suffering from swelling/anaemia/weight loss; patients having stone /blood/protein in urine; and patients who have a family history of kidney disease. The doctors noted that CKD was treatable if detected early.

Fortis Hsopital, Noida, offers a comprehensive check to screen kidney diseases, which includes USG, KUB screening, BUN, Urine routine, Creatinine, Micro albumin, RBS, along with consultation with Nephrologists. These tests are being offered at Rs 500 at a discount of >>>%.

The hospital is also offering a 10% discount on kidney surgeries – booked or performed – during March 10-25. The Fortis Noida Nephrology Team is headed by Dr Vijay Kher.

About Fortis Hospital, Noida

Fortis Hospital, Noida, is a centre of excellence in Orthopaedics and Neuroscience with a focus on Cardiac Sciences, Minimally Invasive Surgeries and Oncology. The second mega hub hospital in the Fortis Healthcare group focuses on the special needs of patients and their families. The hospital has been designed and developed to deliver patient care with maximum ease and effectiveness.

The management’s commitment to patient welfare and providing quality healthcare is reflected in the unique design attributes of the hospital. The company has have allocated space far above the current Indian norm of 800-900 sq.ft/bed. This allows for flexibility to adapt and accommodate future trends of patient care.
In addition to the super speciality services, the hospital also offers quality tertiary care and treatment in 24 other specialities including: Cardiac Sciences, Orthopaedics, Nuero Sciences, Oncology, Minimal Access Surgery, Gastro Intestinal, Obstetrics, and Gynecology.

About Fortis Healthcare Limited:

Fortis Healthcare Limited, a Ranbaxy promoter group company, was incorporated in the year 1996. It was founded on the vision of creating an integrated healthcare delivery system. Based in Delhi, FHL, which acquired Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited in September 2005, has operations in Delhi, Jaipur, Noida, Mohali (Chandigarh), Amritsar, Faridabad, Raipur and Srinagar. It currently has a network of 13 hospitals primarily in North India and 16 satellite and heart command centres, including one heart command centre in Afghanistan. These hospitals include multi specialty hospitals, as well as super-specialty centres providing tertiary and quaternary healthcare to patients in areas such as cardiac care, orthopedics, neurosciences, oncology, renal care, gastroenterology and mother and child care. The hospitals that FHL manages include Fortis La Femme, a "boutique" style hospital that focuses on women's health and maternity care. FHL has the capacity to increase inpatient beds to approximately 2200 beds and has performed more than 6,000 open heart surgeries, 5,000 angioplasties and 16,000 angiographies in the last fiscal year.