Rising Kidney Diseases Worry Telangana Govt
After around 40 people were reported to be suffering from kidney diseases in Mala Gurijala of Bellampalli mandal in Mancherial district, people in a nearby village too reported similar problems.
Hyderabad:After around 40 people were reported to be suffering from kidney diseases in Mala Gurijala of Bellampalli mandal in Mancherial district, people in a nearby village too reported similar problems.
A complaint was lodged by one Amar Pasham from Fazilnagar village, Vemulawada Rural mandal in Rajanna-Sircilla, about five people dying reportedly of kidney disease in the past year.
Pasham posted on his handle on X (Twitter): "In our village, in the past four years, 10 people have died of kidney disease. Of these, five died in the last year itself. One of them was my mother," he said, tagging health minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha.
"People are in shock as so many people have died of kidney disease in a short period of time. As a victim, who lost my mother to kidney disease, I appeal to you to conduct research on water in our village and other matters in view of the severity of the kidney problem," he requested.
As per government data, 13,732 patients take dialysis services per month from 94 centres in the state. Sixteen new dialysis centres were established in the past year with increased work shifts and 119 additional beds in 27 centres to provide more services to the patients.
As per latest study conducted by a doctor in AIIMS Bathinda and George Institute of Health, Telangana is the second state after Andhra Pradesh where the most number of children are found with impaired kidney functions. These children mostly belong to rural areas.
This throws some light on the burden of kidney disease on the state. Government officials, however, have not been able to provide data on the number of children or adults suffering from chronic kidney diseases or impaired kidney functions.
The minister responded to reports of kidney disease in Mala Gurijala by instructing health officials to set up a medical camp in the village and conduct medical examinations for all the villagers.
He directed them to submit a report on how many people in the village are suffering from kidney diseases and find out the reasons for the same. He also ordered for water samples to be tested from the water used by people in the village. The same was ordered for Amar's village Fazil Nagar in Sircilla.
“As per Dr G. Sridhar, senior consultant, nephrologist, Telangana has around 800 patients per 10,00,000 population suffering from kidney diseases. "Of these, around 150 per 10 lakh are severe cases of chronic kidney diseases," he said.