‘KIDNEY FUND’ to help poor patients at Meenakshi Mission Hospital in Madurai on March 11th 2026.
MADURAI: Tomorrow-March 12th 2026- is World Kidney Day and everybody knows how the two kidneys are important for the health of a human body.
An awareness program was conducted today at Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre in Madurai today to create public awareness on the causes and symptoms of kidney diseases and how they can be prevented to keep the two kidneys healthy.
A press meet was conducted at MMHRC today to convey an important public message that ‘SALT, SWEETS & WATER’ will play a key role in protecting the health of two kidneys.
“Daily you must drink about minimum two and half litres of drinking water. Reduce salt in your daily food intake, reduce consuming of sweets and start drinking more water everyday. The health of your kidneys depends on your sugar level, salt intake and water intake. These are important in the context of rising summer heat, climate change, global temperature, dehydration levels and the environment toxins that are harming our kidneys cumulatively. So, please understand that climate change will harm your kidneys. These are the simple golden rules,” Dr.K.Sampathkumar, Head of Department and senior consultant nephrologist, Meenakshi Mission Hospital in Madurai, has said at a press meet here today- March 11th 2026.
Top nephrologist Dr.Sampathkumar had stressed that less sugar, less salt and more water intake everyday are the key factors for protecting the health of two kidneys and he also urged for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in daily life.
SYMPTOMS OF KIDNEY PROBLEMS:
Nephrologist Dr.K.Sampathkumar and urology department HoD Dr.R.Ravichandran along with Meenakshi Mission Hospital medical administrator Dr.B.Kannan have explained about the importance of controlling BP blood pressure because hypertension is a major cause of kidney problem along with diabetes.
“The symptoms of kidney problem are swelling of legs, face swelling, urine colour that goes in red etc. Climate change is harming the kidneys badly and because of environment pollution of our water and air, the kidneys are getting affected. The summer heat will do more damage. Our message is that excess heat outside is affecting your kidneys inside,” nephrology chief Dr.K.Sampathkumar of MMHRC had alerted from Madurai today.
In a great gesture, the nephrology doctors team of Meenakshi Mission Hospital in Madurai had contributed their personal money to create a ‘KIDNEY FUND’ starting with Rs.9 lakhs to help the deserving poor patients who are coming for kidney treatment in the hospital.
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