2,500 New Renal Failure Cases Detected Every Year

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- One hundred out of every one million Malaysians suffer from terminal kidney failure every year, the National Kidney Foundation said Tuesday.
Its Vice-Chairman Datuk Dr Zaki Morad said this meant every year, an additional 2,500 Malaysians would require haemodialysis treatment or face death unless they underwent kidney transplant.
There are 13,000 dialysis patients in the country currently.
He said screening would provide early detection.
"I hope this will provide the real picture of the number of people in Malaysia suffering from kidney failures," he said here.
Dr Zaki said the National Kidney Foundation was providing cheaper health screening at its 19 dialysis centres in the country.
He said the main objective of the screening was to promote greater health awareness and early detection of kidney ailments among the people.
"The cheaper screening starting Feb 19 and on every first and third Sundays of the month will only cost RM2 compared to RM8 previously," he said.
Blood pressure, urine, protein content, sugar level and blood tests would be conducted during the screening, he added.