As the Health department gives patients with end-stage renal diseases (ESRD) the option of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) at home free of cost, patients in the State are being offered fresh hope.
Subsidised CAPD at home is a scheme that had been piloted by the Health department in three districts in 2018, with limited success. The Government has now announced the upscaling of this project across 11 districts to offer CAPD totally free of cost to ESRD patients
