Nephrology Services in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh comprises 16.5% of India’s population and is the most populated state of the country. Compared to the central government budget of 2.1% of GDP on health care, the state has promised an expenditure of 7.2% on health care. The hot, humid summer and dry winter predispose people to many vector-borne diseases, which increase the surge of acute kidney injury. The trained medical and non-paramedical personnel are insufficient to cater for the estimated population of 48,000 end-stage kidney disease patients in the UP. Each district has a dialysis unit; however, the number of dialysis machines is insufficient, and the kidney transplant facilities are limited mainly to the capital of the state. Peritoneal dialysis penetration is very low.