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Free dialysis service launched at CSI Hospital

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One poor patient will be provided free dialysis every day

REACHING HEALTH CARE: K Jairaj, Commissioner of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, presenting a bouquet to a patient at the Church of South India Hospital on the occasion of the inauguration of Capt. V.V.K. Mani Memorial Free Dialysis Service in Bangal ore on Wednesday. — Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash

Bangalore: In a gesture that would benefit kidney patients in the city, the "Capt. V.V.K. Mani Memorial Free Dialysis Service" was inaugurated at the Church of South India Hospital (CSI) here on Tuesday, in the memory of the former Regional Manager of The Hindu and former Rotary District Governor.

The Rotary Club Health City and the Belanje Sanjeeva Hegde (BSH) Trust have sponsored service.

Under this project, one needy patient would be given free dialysis every day at the CSI Hospital and the hospital had set up a committee to identify patients based on their socio-economic status.

Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Commissioner K. Jairaj, said everyone should draw inspiration from the life of Capt. Mani for his sense of commitment and service to society.

He asked the CSI Hospital authorities to collaborate with the BMP to help them reach out to the poor who did not have access to health services.

Sudarshan Ballal, Director of the Manipal Institute of Nephrology and Urology and Managing Trustee of the Bellanje Sanjeeva Hegde Trust, said every year 600 persons die of renal failure in India but very little was done to prevent the disease. There was a need for early detection of kidney disease so that patients did not reach the advanced stage, wherein they would need dialysis or kidney transplant. Most patients were not able to afford expensive treatment.

Amarnath Kamath, Rotarian and a friend of Capt. Mani, said: "Mani crusaded tirelessly for the projects that were close to his heart including polio eradication and helping terminally ill cancer patients as trustee of the hospice, Karunashraya".

Mr. Kamath announced a donation of Rs. 1 lakh for the dialysis project. Lakshmi Mani, wife of Capt. Mani, felicitated the donors.

Rev. Vasantha Kumar, Bishop, Karnataka Central Diocese and Colin John, Honorary Director, CSI Hospital, were present.

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