Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine
The department of Nephrology is the oldest department of the institute. It existed as a Nephrology section of the department of Medicine in the B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital of Ahmedabad. The Nephrology section had been assigned a 50 bed clinical unit in 1973. We have come a long way over the last 5 decades. The department of Nephrology has now relocated to the new IKDRC and ITS building at the Manjushree Mills compound, Asarwa, Ahmedabad. The new campus boasts of an exclusive 200 bedded nephrology wing situated on the third floor of the building.
The nephrology department was initially conceived as dialysis facility for patients with acute renal failure. Peritoneal and hemodialysis facilities which were in their very primitive form in Ahmedabad in those days were gradually upgraded in 1977. With time, the patient load kept on increasing and the facilities were improved upon. Presently, we have a sprawling 90 bedded hemodialysis unit located on the second floor of the new IKDRC and ITS building at the Manjushree mill compound. In addition to this, we also have a 6 bedded hemodialysis unit functioning round the clock at the old IKDRC and ITS building, Medicity campus. We also have a separate 5 bedded peritoneal dialysis wing in the new IKDRC and ITS building campus.
The department rapidly expanded its horizons and metamorphosed in to the Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine by 1981.The department started achieving new heights of excellence in areas of clinical nephrology, native and allograft renal biopsy program and services with the addition of a teaching program in nephrology and nephropathology.
Teaching programs under the banner of National Board of Examinations, New Delhi and Gujarat University were established in 1981. Initially every year 2 students were enrolled in the D.M. program affiliated with the Gujarat University and 1 student under the D.N.B. program of National Board. As of 2023, we have a D.M. Nephrology course running under Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences at IKDRC and ITS, enrolling 3 students every year.
Teaching programs under the banner of National Board of Examinations, New Delhi and Gujarat University were established in 1981. Every year 2 students have been enrolled in D.M. program under Gujarat University and 1 student under the D.N.B. program of National Board.
The institute has gifted at least 116 Nephrologists to the country, 86 qualified as D.M. Nephrology and 30 with D.N.B. Nephrology. The institute has produced some very fine and nationally and internationally accredited facilities.
We have a separate Paediatric Nephrology department established in 1991. At present, it has 4 faculty members and 1 senior resident.
At present the department has 2 clinical units with nearly 80 beds in each unit. There are 11 faculty members in the department of nephrology and 9 residents totally. There is an active teaching program in the institute and we have students coming from all over the country to take advantage of this program. Approximately 10413 new patients and 109508 old patients are treated annually; 11016 new patients are admitted every year.