The Ministry of Health, through its Chronic Disease Programme, is aiming to expand screening for kidney disease, according to Nephrologist Dr Hemchand Barran.
“We are hoping that we can target detection of kidney disease earlier and deal with it in an earlier stage rather than having our patients showing up at a stage where they need emergency dialysis,” Barran told a news conference that was held on Friday in observation of Kidney Awareness Month.
As of December last year, Barran said, there were 200 patients who were accessing dialysis treatment across the country.
