Your quality Healthcare with respect is our Amana
Amana Dialysis Centre
Our mission is to provide quality Kidney Care & Dialysis Service at competitive price so that you can continue to live an active and productive life
It is very difficult to receive quality kidney care and dialysis service in Bangladesh even paying at high price due to poorly built and managed medical facility, low grade or old medical equipment, inexperienced staffs, lack of adequate hygiene and disinfectants causing infections. Patients and their families are often treated without the empathy and respect they expect and deserve.
Amana Dialysis Centre (ADC) is established to provide premium kidney care and dialysis service. All of the aforementioned inadequacies and challenges have been objectively and thoroughly analyzed and remediated at all levels of design and implementation phases.
We have followed standards and best practices in the United States of America (U.S.A.) to design and build Amana Dialysis Centre (ADC). Our goal is to provide and maintain quality of patient care similar to that provided at dialysis centres in the U.S.A.
Why you should consider ADC?
In order to provide the best quality service at Amana Dialysis Centre (ADC),
- We have built a very high standard medical facility similar to the ones in the U.S.A.
- We only use one of the best dialysis machines and dialyzer in the world from Germany.
- All our bio-medical and clinical equipment are new.
- We have assembled one of the most experienced medical staff in kidney dialysis in Bangladesh.
- We follow robust best practices to clean and disinfect our whole facility to prevent virus transmission and infection.
- We aim to provide the best quality kidney care and dialysis at a cost lower than most private hospitals.
- We have implemented strict measures in response to Covid-19 to ensure safety for our staff, patients, and visitors.
- We use automated fumigation machine to disinfect our medical facility for your safety.
Empowering Patients & Families through education
Most often patients and their families are left uninformed on the diagnosis details, treatment options, or the treatment methods chosen for them. Sometimes they don’t know why some tests are done. These conditions negatively impact patients and their families both financially and the quality of care they receive. Patients and their families feel intimidated to raise questions.
We want to empower our patients by providing information they need to make informed decisions. A lot of data on kidney health, risk factors, diagnostic testing, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), CKD prevention, CKD management, kidney friendly diet guidelines, and dialysis are provided in this website that were compiled from world renowned research organizations, and hospitals – list of institutions are provided under “Acknowledgement & Credit” at the end of this page.
We strongly encourage everyone to take the time to read through all the materials in this website. These information will help you and your family making the right decisions on maintaining kidney health, testing, evaluating kidney treatment options, and on dialysis. Having this knowledge will help you to raise the right questions, assess treatment options, select methods of treatment and to maintain your health. An informed patient is the best patient.
You can also do a free online self-test to find individualized information about your kidney and overall health from the National Kidney Foundation in the U.S.A. The link is given in this page below.
How to select a dialysis centre?
According to the Medicare.gov guideline in the Unites States of America (U.S.A), patients are encouraged to raise the following questions as a checklist before choosing a dialysis centre:
- Is this dialysis center conveniently located for you?
- How easy is parking at the dialysis center?
- How far do you have to walk from the drop-off area to the front door of the center?
- Is the center handicapped accessible?
- Is the dialysis center clean?
- Are there up-to-date patient education materials in the dialysis center’s waiting room?
- Does the dialysis center’s staff seem friendly, caring, and respectful of patients?
- Are you offered a tour of the dialysis center?
- How is the temperature in the dialysis treatment room? Is it warm or cold?
- What is the hours of operations? Does that change during the holidays?
- What kind of security do you have at the center?
- What is the visitors’ policy?
- Is there Wi-Fi or a TV available?
- What is the policy on eating while on the dialysis machine?
- How many patients does each nurse take care of at a time?
- What other staff will help with my care?
- If I have a concern about my care, who do I talk to?
- If I need help when the clinic is closed, who do I call?
- How can the center help if a patient has a medical emergency?
Additionally, from the context of Bangladesh, the following criteria are also important for selecting a dialysis centre:
- Is there uninterrupted power supply, in case of loss of electricity?
- What’s the quality of the RO water used in dialysis?
- What’s the quality of the medical equipment and supplies including dialysis machines, dialyzer, renal fluid, etc.?
- What’s the experience level of the medical staffs?
- What’s risk level for infection?
- What’s the professionalism and manner of the staffs?
Summary of the quality of care at Amana Dialysis Centre (ADC)
Location
- ADC is conveniently located on Mirpur Road near Shyamoli in Dhaka
Medical Facility
- Purpose built high quality medical facility specialized for kidney dialysis
- 3 separate isolated dialysis areas for safety and privacy
- Epoxy floors in dialysis areas, anti-bacterial mats in the rest of the floor areas, anti-bacterial paint on walls and other surfaces
- Separate and isolated area for B & C positive patients
- Individual Air Conditioning control for each dialysis area for comfort
- Dedicated 2 full size elevators
- Public & localized audio systems
Medical Equipment & Supplies
- All bio-medical and clinical equipment are high grade and new
- We only use one of the best dialysis machines and dialyzer in the world from Germany
- High quality dialysate or renal fluid – also called dialysis fluid
Medical Staff
- Full time presence of experienced Nephrologists during dialysis
- All are senior nurses, some with more than 25 years’ experience in kidney dialysis
- Option of supervision by other top specialist Nephrologists in the country
RO Water
- Onsite RO water plant
- High quality of RO water tested and verified
Reprocessing Plant
- ADC provides options to patients to reuse dialyzer for dialysis
- Onsite automated reprocessing plant is used to make sure your dialyzer is clean, sterile and in good working condition before you use it again.
- After cleaning, the reprocessing machine performs a pressure test and blood volume test.
- If any problems are detected during the reuse test, the reprocessing machine indicators let the reuse technician know, and the dialyzer is disposed of in the proper manner.
Uninterrupted Power Supply
- Dedicated power generators with sub-station at the commercial building
Cleaning & Disinfection
- Robust cleaning and disinfection using auto Fumigation Machine
Response to COVID-19
- Masks are required before entering ADC facility
- All staffs wear masks and other protective gears
- All medical staffs wear PPE while serving patients
- Our center is intensively disinfected on a daily basis
- All new patients tested for COVID-19 as part of pre-screening
Comfort & Convenience
- Dedicated audio channel to listen to the Quran with bedside headphones, during dialysis – first such service in Bangladesh
- Prayer areas
- Comfortable lobby with cafeteria
- Free Wi-Fi internet connection
- TV in the lobby
Security
- 24/7 Presence of security personnel at the building
- 24/7 Integrated video surveillance with recording
Customer Care
- The mission of ADC is to provide best quality healthcare with respect
- ADC staffs at all levels have been trained, and instructed to treat all patients and visitors with utmost respect and care
- Staff promotion and bonus contingent on providing best care with respect
- ADC management is actively monitoring professionalism of the medical staff
- If you are not happy with anything, please report to the ADC management for corrective actions
Call to Action
Please call or visit us to make an appointment for consultation, treatment options, and dialysis.
Free Online Self-Test from the National Kidney Foundation in the U.S.A.
You can do a free online self-test to find individualized information about your kidney and overall health from the National Kidney Foundation in the United States of America (USA). It is a very quick, easy, and free service to find out if you have the risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
Free self-test link to the National Kidney Foundation in the USA
Typically there is no symptom of kidney disease at early stages. So the best and only method to know your kidneys are healthy is to do a blood test for GFR (Glomerular Filtration Rate) and a urine test for Albumin described in section 2.3 of this guidebook.
The sooner you know, the better.
Acknowledgement & Credit
Information provided in this website on kidney health, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), treatment options, and dialysis have been researched and compiled from the following sources:
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease of National Institute of Health (NIH) under U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Kidney Foundation in the U.S.A.
- Cleveland Clinic in the U.S.A.
- American Society of Nephrology
- University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health in the U.S.A.
- University of California San Diego (UCSD) Health in the U.S.A.
- University of Michigan Medicine in the U.S.A.
- University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine in the U.S.A.
- American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) in the U.S.A.
- Braun Global in Germany
- DaVita Kidney Care in the U.S.A.
- Fresenius Kidney Care in the U.S.A.
- The Healthline – health and wellness information site hosted from the U.S.A.
- The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the U.S.A.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services