Nephrocare India has completed three years of its existence. Regular 30 minutes of brisk walking keeps the kidneys healthy and keeping this in mind it organized ‘Walk for Health, Walk for your Kidneys’ – A walkathon which was arranged with about 400 participants along with celebrities who matched their steps to spread the idea of this healthy practice.
The walk started from Nephrocare and ended at Hotel Golden Tulip. The event was followed by a message from director Dr. Pratim Sengupta. The event was attended by personalities such as Dr. Pratim Sengupta, founder & director of Nephro Care; Ram Krishna Jaiswal, consulate of Maldives; Arindam Sil, actor & director; Piyali Basak, mountaineer; Ashish Mittal, director, Golden Tulip Hotel.
Dr. Pratim Sengupta said, “Today is our third anniversary, we have completed three successful years working towards prevention of kidney disease and its treatment. When a person counters metabolic disorders then the treatment takes a lot of time, effort and money. For a country like India, which is resource-constrained, prevention is better than cure works best and that is the mantra for us at Nephrocare. Lifestyle disease is one of the biggest causes of several health issues and it can only be cured or reverted by lifestyle changes. We, at Nephrocare, firmly believe 30 minutes of brisk walking everyday can solve a lot of our health problems. Today on this second anniversary of Nephrocare India, we want to highlight our commitment towards ensuring kidney health by expanding our presence across the country and setting up 300 comprehensive and holistic kidney care units to touch close to one million lives in the coming years.”
Nephrocare treats patients in a unique way, and its mission is to provide comprehensive and compassionate care at affordable cost. All diagnosis and treatment decisions are based on pathology and laboratory reporting added with much logical inference, considering the human body with all its functionality in linear understandable fashion as everyone has their own challenges. Every being has a Physical Body coupled with a Mental Body & Spiritual Body with an infinite Energy Body. Our laboratory investigation gives us information about our physical ailments, but a significant component of any diseased state exists in other three forms of our existence. Reaching that domain is often neglected or mostly overlooked sticking to textbook definition of treatments.
“At Nephro Care India we analyze all these aspects of the disease scientifically and provide holistic medical care to the patient. For whosoever visiting Nephro Care India, it’s our policy that all doctors and caregivers treat individuals as a family member and do all that they would for someone they love with all their heart”.
The advanced renal care institute, which was founded by nephrologist, Bharat Jyoti Awardee, Dr Pratim Sengupta, also launched a Mascot last year– ‘Mr Nephrocare’ on the occasion, to create a connect with common people and spread awareness about various aspects of kidney health, the need to focus on kidney care, the importance of undertaking routine tests for early detection of anomalies and going in for holistic treatment to address any issues pertaining to the kidney. The Mascot visited various key places in the city during the course of the day to spread awareness around kidney health.
Kidney disease is a silent epidemic and India is contributing the highest numbers of renal failure patients in the world. 1 out of 11 Indians may be a victim of renal failure. Diabetes and hypertension are the leading cause of renal failure. 30% of patients suffering from diabetes will develop chronic renal failure in later phases of their life. Painkiller abuse is the third most important cause of renal failure in India. The disease is silent in its initial stages but symptoms surface only when 70% of kidney function is compromised.
More than two lakh people add to the list of end stage renal disease (ESRD) every year, requiring dialysis support to sustain life. There are limited resources available to combat such a huge number of renal failure cases annually. It is estimated that for roughly every 72,000 renal failure patients there is one specialized doctor to serve them which is literally impossible. Renal transplantation units and dialysis centers are also not surplus to handle the situation. Prevention, early detection, and the creation of comprehensive renal care facilities across India are the only effective ways to combat this silent epidemic where NephroCare aims daily to set its mark one day at a time.
