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From the Hindu:
"Inadequate dialysis facilities in government hospitals are forcing Arogyasri patients to opt for cheaper dialysis options outside which are making them prone to infections.

“We are grateful that the government is providing free dialysis. But, two dialysis sessions a week are not enough and due to that, I am going to a private clinic for one more dialysis session. There is a constant fear of infection because health workers here tend to reuse certain equipments like dialysis tubes and dialysers, which are supposed to be discarded,” says Md. Akram, a kidney patient at Gandhi Hospital.

“There are occasions when the dialysers, which should be used only for one month by only one patient, are being used for three months. Because of such unsafe practices, fluids started getting accumulated in my body and that’s when I decided to stop using Arogyasri dialysis facility,” says another patient.

Many patients have also complained about lack of supply of erythropoietin drugs for them under Arogyasri dialysis."