Port Blair, July 18: In an initiative that will bring huge relief to Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) patients of A&N Islands, an Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula Creation Camp will be organized in GB Pant Hospital, ANIIMS, Port Blair from July 19 to 21, 2023. Patients needing dialysis and earlier had to go to mainland to create an AV Fistula, can now avail the service here itself. To facilitate needy patients, GB Pant Hospital, A&N Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS) has invited Surgeons from Hospital empanelled under Ayushman Bharat to create AV Fistula for about 30-35 patients lined up for the surgery. This endeavor will provide ease to the patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) and will also cut down their out-of-pocket expenditure on the procedure which was available only in mainland.

The camp will be made a regular affair, depending on sufficient number of patients requiring the service whereby, the trained surgeons for AV Fistula creation will be invited to GB Pant Hospital to perform the surgery.