Awareness Cycle Rally Held in Butwal for World Kidney Day

Lumbini. An awareness-raising cycle rally was held in Butwal today on the occasion of World Kidney Day. The cycle rally and orientation program were organized under the campaign with the slogan 'Kidney Health for All' and 'Get your kidneys checked once a year, save your own kidneys'.

The cycle rally, jointly organized by KAN Diabetes and Thyroid Center, Nepal Society of Nephrology, Butwal United Cycling Club, and Lions Club of Butauli, started from Kalika Manvijnan School. The rally circled Butwal city, passed through Ramnagar, and concluded at the KAN Center located in Banbatika, Tilottama Municipality, Janakinagar.

At the program, Dr. Shakti Basnet, President of the Nepal Society of Nephrology, stated that the number of kidney problems is increasing globally. "There are 780 million people worldwide suffering from kidney problems," he said, "and 10 percent of Nepal's total population has some form of kidney problem."

Dinesh Kakshapati, Chairman of KAN Center, shared the problems caused by kidney disease in his own family. He stated that everyone's cooperation is necessary in the campaign to raise awareness, even if only a little, from their respective areas. He mentioned that recently, KAN Center has succeeded in saving the kidneys of more than four hundred diabetic patients who came for treatment.