Latest update November 29th, 2024 1:00 AM
Doobay Medical Centre reduces dialysis to $6,000
– longstanding patients to benefit
Longstanding patients of the Doobay Renal Centre are set to be the first to benefit from arguably the cheapest dialysis ever offered in Guyana.
Renal failure patients are best served if they undergo dialysis about three times per week and this reduced cost will translate to $6,000 per dialysis session.
Officials of the Doobay Renal Centre. From left: Mr. Mohammed Najab, Mrs. Dawn Oditt, Dr. Budhendra Doobay, Mr. Vic Oditt and Ms. Ameena Gafoor.
An official announcement to this effect was made yesterday by Founder and President of the Renal Centre, Dr. Budhendra Doobay, during a media briefing at the entity’s Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara headquarters.
The recent inking of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Health and the Renal Centre was instrumental in allowing for the reduction of dialysis from $9,000. It is even expected to pave the way for increased collaboration with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, perhaps even in the quest to offer free kidney transplants.
Among the patients who are expected to immediately benefit from the offer are those who opted to have their weekly dialysis at the Centre soon after it opened its doors on September 15, 2011.
Moreover, the Renal Centre has ever since been making an impressive impact in the society, particularly among renal failure patients, by first reducing its dialysis cost to $9,000. The cost was previously $15,000 which even then was, at least two times, cheaper than that obtained at any other local facilities offering dialysis service.
But as if that was not stimulating enough, Dr. Doobay, in the company of the entity’s Board of Directors, including Mr. Vic Oditt, Mrs. Dawn Oditt, Ms. Ameena Gafoor and Mr. Mohammed Najab, said that while the newest reduction will apply to certain patients, he is optimistic that there will be a further reduction.
The patients eligible for the $6,000 dialysis will be those who are currently accessing their dialysis without financial aid from any individual or organisation. According to Dr Doobay, “I hope that one day I can be able to come and tell you that we will be reducing it further,”
The move to reduce the cost of dialysis comes even as the Renal Centre embraces plans to expand its service which sees it working towards widening its infrastructure while at the same time, fostering collaborations with strategic partners.
According to Dr Doobay it is anticipated that in the New Year, the facility will be offering free eye clinic to the population which will be facilitated by two visiting ophthalmologists and a Retinal Surgeon from Toronto, Canada.
The specialists are expected to screen patients with glaucoma, cataracts as well as retinal challenges with a view of streamlining operations for those so in need. All anticipated operations will be conducted at the East Coast Demerara Centre.
And as part of its further collaborating efforts, moves have also been made to partner with the Beacon Foundation which offers an auspice service to scores of people across the country suffering from cancer.
According to Mr Oditt, who also functions as a Beacon Foundation Director, “We (Doobay Renal Centre) are proud to be working with them to ensure that people who are on auspice care in the last days of their lives are properly looked after.”
Representing another strategic partnership is the move by the Renal Centre to join the National HIV/AIDS fight by offering its New Market Street, Georgetown, office, as free testing facility site.
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