NephroPlus to set up 100 dialysis centres in three years

Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) NephroPlus, a leading kidney care clinic group, Friday said it plans to set up 100 dialysis centres across India over the next three years.

The company also announced eminent nephrologist Brian J.G. Pereira will join its board as a director.

"We hope to leverage his expertise as we work to build the NephroPlus brand and provide the best kidney care and dialysis treatment to patients in India," said NephroPlus CEO Vikram Vuppala.

"I look forward to working with the enterprising team of NephroPlus as we actively strive to raise the level of kidney care and dialysis treatment in the country," said Pereira, an adjunct professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

He also served as president of the National Kidney Foundation in the US.