India, Aug. 24 -- Eight months after its hemodialysis services shut down, the Loknete Eknathrao Gaikwad Urban Health Centre at Dharavi has restarted the services, but now under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Hemodialysis is a complex procedure which involves filtering waste products and excess fluids from the blood in cases of kidney failures.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General (LTMG) Hospital in Sion which manages the centre have let a private owner take over their dialysis unit following a tender process that was extended till August 19.

Under the new model, patients without coverage under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY) scheme, and those not holding ye...