{
  "id": 9179186,
  "title": "Panvel Municipal Corporation To Open Free 50-Bed Dialysis Centres In Kharghar, New Panvel With 200-Patient Daily Capacity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/panvel-municipal-corporation-to-open-free-50-bed-dialysis-centres-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T17:53:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/panvel-municipal-corporation-to-open-free-50-bed-dialysis-centres-in-kharghar-new-panvel-with-200-patient-daily-capacity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials reviewed progress on two free 25-bed dialysis centres set to open in Kharghar and New Panvel. Each centre, under development at Plot No. 17 in Sector 36, Kharghar and G1 in Sector 6, New Panvel, will offer ICU-level facilities and modern dialysis machines, with the capacity to serve 100 patients a day in three shifts. The combined centres will have a daily capacity of 200 patients, potentially enabling 600 patients a week to receive three dialysis sessions each. The free treatment aims to reduce waiting times and alleviate financial burdens on kidney patients. Each centre will have five beds reserved for patients with infectious diseases, two for pregnant women and children, and two for PMC employees. In case of a critical condition, patients will be transported to a government hospital via civic ambulance, with the PMC medical team following up on further treatment. During the inspection, officials also inspected a 15 MLD water recycling plant project in Kamothe.",
  "summary": "Panvel, September 22, 2026: Work on two 25-bed free dialysis centres in Kharghar and New Panvel, which are expected to provide dialysis to up to 200 patients a day, was reviewed by Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) Additional Commissioner Ganesh Shete on Monday, with officials directed to expedite the pending works. Two Centres Under Development The two centres are being developed at Plot No. 17…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}