I kid(ney) you not: Renal Dialysis Unit, OPD inaugurated in Mansehra

PESHAWAR:

The Renal Dialysis Unit and outpatient department services of Pakistan Kidney Centre in Mansehra were officially inaugurated on Sunday.

According to a handout, the facility was inaugurated by Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan. The centre is working under the umbrella of the Pakistan Welfare Society Trust’s Abbottabad chapter.

Mehtab lauded the role of non-government organisations and institutions in the fight against various diseases, especially kidney-related ailments. He asked the wealthier segment of society to contribute and encourage such bodies which are working towards the elimination of disease. “The government has limited resources and it cannot cater to the needs of people on its own,” said the governor. Therefore, he added, it was crucial to involve the private sector.



The governor said thousands were affected by kidney diseases in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa due to lack of education and awareness. He said nobody could deny the importance of kidneys which expel unnecessary and harmful chemical waste.

“The country has been gripped by the war on terror for the last 10 years and it is a common phenomenon that doctors and other educated individuals started moving abroad.” Some of these people were saving part of their earnings and sending money back to their home country, he added. The governor revealed some of these funds were being utilised on welfare projects and the kidney centre was a prime example.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 27^th, 2015.