Activities Planned for Year 2025
- To conduct educational programs for school children and adults in a selected community during the month of March to mark the ‘World Kidney Day’ to highlight the potentially life-changing impact of early detection and intervention in preventing and managing kidney disease.
- To help the patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
•To continue to help in purchasing catheters for CAPD (the cost of a catheter is approximately 55,000 rupees).
• To make arrangements to help patients transport the boxes of dialysis fluid from the hospital to their residence.
Background – A patient on CAPD needs about 42 boxes of dialysis fluid (about 330 kilo grams in weight) every 6 weeks to be used at home. The patients from far have to spend lot of money to transport the boxes. - To conduct a screening program for kidney disease in a high-risk community in Girandurukotte, by testing blood pressure, serum creatinine and urine albumin.
- To conduct an eye clinic for kidney patients and their families and to provide spectacles free of charge
- To strengthen the ongoing sponsorship program