INAUGURATION OF THE NEW HAEMODIALYSIS MACHINE
Almost 2.5 lakh people die of kidney failure in India every year. It is the third largest killer after malignancy and heart disease. Millions suffer from some form of kidney disease and many of them, particularly in India cannot afford the cost of treatment or care. Around 14440 people get kidney failure every year in Tamilnadu alone, and only 10% have access to treatment.
TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organization started in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged patients with kidney disease by giving Subsidized Dialysis and one-time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and spreading awareness about kidney disease. TANKER cares for those, the underprivileged, who suffer from kidney problems of any kind, reversible or terminal, regardless of caste, creed, sex or religion.
TANKER runs 11 dialysis units, 8 in Chennai and one each in Madurai, Vellore and Tiruppur. The Ambattur unit is supported by the Ambattur Rotary Club and other valuable donors.
INAUGURATION OF THE NEW HAEMODIALYSIS MACHINE FOR THE REKHA MEMORIAL RENNY ABRAHAM AMBATTUR ROTARY TANKER FOUNDATION DIALYSIS UNIT Held recently.
This New Dialysis Machine was donated by M/s. Client Network Services India Pvt Ltd was inaugurated by Ms. Shilpa Bidathanapalli, Vice President HR, CNSI Pvt Ltd. The Guests of Honour were Ms. Reshma Iqbal, Ms. Tania Vanderveen and Mr. Robin Kurianjacob.
Dr. Georgi Abraham, Founder Trustee, welcomed the donors and said that this generous contribution would help more patients in and around the Ambattur area. He also stressed that awareness and early detection were very important to fight kidney disease and requested CNSI to support TANKER’s endeavour to reach out to more people. Mrs.Latha Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee, TANKER Foundation gave an update about TANKER Foundation saying that the Foundation had done 4.9 Lakh dialysis so far and given over Rs.3.58 crores for medication and investigations for the needy. She also said that TANKER had created awareness for over 1.8 Lakh people and screened over 35000 people for early detection of kidney disease and that the staff of TANKER were the Angels on Earth who worked continuously during the pandemic with dedication and commitment. Ms.Shilpa of CNSI Pvt Ltd greatly appreciated the work that TANKER was doing and said that they would help further with software support and awareness. Mr.K V Balachandar and Mrs.Sudha Lakshmi Rao, Advisory members of TANKER Foundation also spoke at the function.
