The Department of Nephrology, Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram started offering nephrology services as early as 1981.It is a major tertiary-care centre offering comprehensive renal care with outpatient clinics on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, providing detailed evaluation and long-term management for both Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The department manages dedicated inpatient beds, delivers 24×7 nephrology consultation services across the hospital, and provides emergency care for AKI, CKD complications, dialysis emergencies, and post-transplant issues. It operates one of the largest government-run dialysis programs in Kerala with more than 33 hemodialysis machines offering maintenance HD, acute HD, SLED/SLED-f, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), plasmapheresis, hemoperfusion, and ICU-based renal support. The department performs both live donor and deceased donor renal transplantation and provides specialized long-term follow-up through a dedicated Transplant OPD. A wide range of procedures are performed including AV fistula creation, permcath insertion, AVF thrombolysis and salvage, CAPD catheter insertion, acute Peritoneal Dialysis catheter placement, temporary dialysis catheter placement, ultrasound-guided renal biopsy, and AVF mapping. The department conducts the prestigious DM Nephrology program and also offers structured training for BSc Dialysis Technology (BSc DT) students as well as the DDT (Dialysis Technician Training) course, equipping trainees with hands-on skills in haemodialysis, acute dialysis, CRRT and dialysis unit management. Department organises CME s in various fields of nephrology and organises various training sessions. With its high clinical volume, strong academic culture and commitment to equitable public health renal care, the Department of nephrology is aiming to establish Intervention nephrology, Paired kidney exchange Renal transplantation, dedicated Glomerular Disease clinic, Onconephrology and advanced Transplant immunology lab in the near future.
Provides expert care for kidney-related disorders, including diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute and chronic kidney diseases with personalized patient care.