Awareness on kidney health stressed
On the occasion of World Kidney Day, the Manipal Hospitals, Vijayawada, initiated a programme on Thursday. onsultant Urologist & Kidney Transplant surgeon Dr Ravi Shankar Ganji said a health awareness programme would be helpful in and around the city to understand kidney health. The post-operative care for transplant patients is provided in a separate unit called KTRR under strict infection control norms, he said.
This provides for standardised protocol-based care given by qualified nurses and 24-hour supervision by a Nephrologist, he added. Hospital Director Dr Sudhakar Kantipudi said that in India, about 10% of the adult population suffers from chronic kidney diseases, giving rise to about 30,000 new dialysis cases annually.