Shivajinagar Charaka hospital to expand dialysis services, add 100-bed cardiac unit

The Institute of Nephro-Urology (INU) will take over the 40-bed renal care unit at Shivajinagar Charaka Super Speciality Hospital, with its 23 dialysis machines set to operate round the clock in three shifts, including on Sundays.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday for the INU to establish a 40-bed unit at the hospital. The hospital will also house a 100-bed cardiac unit of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research.Dialysis services to expandM. Shivalingaiah, Director of the INU, told The Hindu that the Charaka Dialysis Centre, which began functioning on April 13, 2026, initially operated in a single shift. It has conducted 2,210 dialysis sessions up to August 28, with the number of sessions rising from 239 in April to 460 in May, 483 in June a