| J&K Bank to donate CRRT, Colour Doppler Ultrasound machines to SKIMS | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 5 : Under one of its major Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, J&K Bank will be donating Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) and Colour Doppler Ultrasound machines to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). This was announced by the J&K Bank Chairman & CEO, Mushtaq Ahmad while inaugurating expanded dialysis ward at SKIMS in presence of its Director, Dr. Showkat Zargar. J&K Bank Senior President, Abdul Rauf Bhat, senior doctors of the institute and the bank were also present on the occasion. Notably, the bank has donated five state of the art dialysis machines costing over Rs.35 lacs to the institute for free use of patients suffering from renal failure. Meanwhile, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) machine will be first of its kind in the state and will provide a huge relief to the patients critically ill with acute & chronic kidney injury (AKI). Notably, CRRT provides slow and balanced fluid removal that even unstable patients with shock or severe fluid overload can more easily tolerate. At the moment this facility is not available in any healthcare institute in the state and patients are rushed to other parts of the country at a huge cost. Speaking on the occasion, the J&K Bank Chairman & CEO, Mushtaq Ahmad, said, "J&K Bank is the only corporate citizen in the state. We have devised our CSR policy to instill a sense of relief and protection among the most vulnerable sections of society. |
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