Let's us help the needy kidney patients

  According to statistics, there are 50,000 kidney patients require long-term dialysis, with 6,000 additional new patients every year. Most of the patients are of age between 40-60. This trend is worrisome and continue to rise.

  The Ministry of Health revealed recently that 40% of population is overweight. Unhealthy diet and lifestyle cause chronic disease including kidney failure.

  Government dialysis centres are unable to cope with the ever increasing kidney patients, preference is given to civil servants. So most of the kidney patients go for private dialysis centres but many of them have limited financial ability who cannot afford the expensive cost.

  Due to this, many patients turn to dialysis facilities run by NGOs. However, the low and low medium income groups cannot afford such treatment. As a result, some patients family also have to bear high medical bill and facing financial difficulty due to high treatment costs.

  I hope the Government should give incentives to these Ngo's so that the cost of treatment can be reduced to help the patients.People should practice healthy living style with regular exercise so to keep diseases at bay.

  I do hope more organizations could contribute to this noble cause by giving assistance to needy kidney patients such as setting up more charitable dialysis centres.

  In this respect, the Government should also assist this charitable organisations by providing incenives and even subsidi to each patient, especially from the low and low medium income group. Let's us joint hands to help the needy patients. Be generous to the poor and needy.