EXPANSION OF THE TIRUPPUR NORTH ROTARY CLUB, TIRUPPUR CORPORATION & TANKER DIALYSIS
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.
TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organization founded by Dr. Georgi Abraham and likeminded people in June 1993 with the aim of helping underprivileged people with kidney disease by giving subsidized and free dialysis and one-time financial help for medication, investigation, and transplantation and to spread awareness about kidney disease. TANKER cares for those, the underprivileged, who suffer kidney problems of any kind, reversible or terminal, regardless of caste, creed, sex or religion. TANKER runs 12 dialysis units in Tamilnadu, 9 in Chennai, and one each in Madurai, Vellore, and Tiruppur helping 709 patients with free and subsidized dialysis.
The Tiruppur unit was opened with 10 dialysis machines in August 2020 and supported by the Tiruppur North Rotary Club, Tiruppur Corporation, and other valuable donors. The unit was expanded from 10 to 20 dialysis machines as there is a growing number of patients needing dialysis. The inauguration of the unit expansion was held on 27th June 2022 at 4 pm at the Tiruppur unit.
The unit was inaugurated by :
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- Rtn. MD.K. Shanmugasundaram, District Governor, Rotary district 3203,
- Mr. K. Selvaraj, MLA, Tirupur South,
- Mr. N. Dhineshkumar, Mayor, Tirupur Corporation
- Mr. M K M R Balasubramanian, Deputy Mayor, Tirupur Corporation
- Mr. Kranthi Kumar Padi, Commissioner, Tirupur Corporation
- Mrs. Latha A Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee, TANKER Foundation.
- Mr.Selvaraj MLA Tirupur South greatly appreciated the efforts of the Tirupur North
Rotary Club and the TANKER Foundation for the scaling up from 10 to 20 machines in such a short time and said that the Government would help in any way required. Mr. Kranthi Kumar Padi, Commissioner, Tirupur Corporation said that the Corporation was very happy to associate with Tirupur North Rotary Club and TANKER Foundation and that they were ready to associate in other health and education projects as well.Mrs.Latha Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee TANKER Foundation gave an update on TANKER activities and said that TANKER had done over 4.9Lakhs dialysis so far and given one-time help of Rs.3.6 Crores for medication, investigation, and surgery costs for 3900 patients. She also said that the Tirupur unit had done over 7500 dialyzes so far and also thanked the Rotary, the Corporation, and the Media for their encouragement and unstinting support and also all the staff who were TANKER’s Angel’s on Earth doing dedicated and committed service.
