Inauguration of a brand new haemodialysis machine for the higher Chennai company RCME tanker dialysis unit

Almost 2.5 lakh folks die of kidney failure in India yearly. It is the third largest killer after malignancy and coronary heart illness. Millions undergo from some type of kidney illness and plenty of of them, notably in India can’t afford the price of remedy or care.

TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organisation based by Dr. Georgi Abraham and likeminded folks in June 1993 with the purpose of serving to under-privileged folks with kidney illness by giving subsidised and free dialysis and one time monetary assist for medicine, investigation and transplantation and to unfold consciousness about kidney illness. TANKER cares for these, the underprivileged, who are suffering kidney issues of any variety, reversible or terminal, no matter caste, creed, intercourse or faith. TANKER runs 12 dialysis models in Tamilnadu , 8 in Chennai and one every in Madurai, Coimbatore, Vellore and Tiruppur serving to 672 sufferers with free and backed dialysis. The Valluvarkottam unit is supported by the Greater Chennai Corporation, Rotary Club of Madras East and different beneficial donors and has 18 machines.

This new nineteenth machine has been donated by M/s. Sri Ramachandra Trust and M/s. Mangal Tirth Estate Limited and was inaugurated by Mr. N. Ramachandran and Mr. M. Balasubramaniam on the Greater Chennai Corporation, Rotary Club of Madras East, TANKER Foundation Dialysis Unit. With this beneficiant donation extra sufferers will profit in and across the Valluvarkottam space.

TANKER Foundation Managing Trustee, Mrs Latha A. Kumaraswami, welcomed the donors and gave an replace of TANKER and stated that up to now TANKER has finished greater than 4 lakh free and backed dialysis via their 12 dialysis centres because of beneficial help from the CMCHIS, Greater Chennai Corporation and varied Rotary Clubs, FreeMasons, Round Table and different beneficial donors. TANKER has given donations of Rs.3.49 crores for medicines and investigation prices. TANKER has carried out 1279 Awareness programmes reaching out to 1.8 lakh folks and over 35810 folks have been screened for kidney illness. She additionally deeply appreciated all of the employees of TANKER and referred to as them Angels on Earth who’re doing selfless service.

Mr. N. Ramachandran of M/s. Sri Ramachandra Trust spoke and tremendously appreciated the devoted service by TANKER and their great employees. Mr. M. Balasubramaniam and Mr. Vijay of M/s. Mangal Tirth Estate Limited stated they’d proceed to assist TANKER in all their actions.TANKER Foundation Head Admin, Mrs Vasanthi Ravichander, proposed the vote of thanks.

TANKER Update:

We have accomplished 28 years of service for the underprivileged with kidney illnesses. With your assist, now we have meaningfully contributed to healthcare, analysis, coaching and advocacy linked to kidney illness. From June 1993 until January 2022, TANKER has offered 461,163 free and backed dialysis for 2136 sufferers. We have additionally given monetary help of Rs. 3.52 Crores to 3827 sufferers as one-time contributions starting from Rs. 5,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- for transplantation, medicine, investigation and fistula surgical procedure prices.

Our Twelve backed dialysis models have a complete of 180 Dialysis Machines and are located in 1. Ambattur Rotary Hospital, Chennai, 2. Arogya Trust, Chokkikulam, Madurai, 3. RVS College of Nursing, Kannampalayam, Coimbatore, 4. Corporation P.H.C, Nungambakkam, Chennai together with Rotary Club of Madras East, 5. Thiruverkadu, Chennai with Rotary Club of Madras West, 6. Vellore with Rotary Club of Vellore Fort 7. Corporation U. P. H. C, Retteri, Chennai together with Rotary Club of Chennai Towers, 8. Perungudi, Chennai with Corporation U.C.H.C 9. Corporation U.C.H.C, Valasaravakkam, Chennai together with Rotary Club of Chennai Coastal, 10. Corporation U.C.H.C , Injambakkam, Chennai together with Freemasons Lodge Accountants 194 and Lodge Accountants Charitable Trust 11.Tiruppur with Tiruppur North Rotary Club and Tiruppur Corporation, 12.Corporation U.C.H.C, Thiruvotriyur, Chennai together with Rotary Club of Madras Central Aadithya and Rotary Club of Madras West. We present 6467 dialysis monthly, of which 6209 are freed from value with beneficial assist from the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS), Greater Chennai Corporation and different valzuable donors. At current, we assist 672 sufferers in our models.

We even have a dialysis facility at MGM Hospital, Pondicherry. In November 2009, we began our HIV Dialysis Unit offering dialysis to underprivileged HIV sufferers. This is the primary of its variety in India.  Subsequently we additionally opened an HIV facility with 3 machines in Parumala, Kerala. We additionally help Kerala Kidney Research Foundation (KKRF), which offers free and backed dialysis at Thiruvalla Medical Mission, SH Hospital, Kottayam and PVS Hospital, Kochi. We have not too long ago additionally donated 4 machines price Rs. 24 Lakhs to KKRF.  In February 2016, TANKER helped Catholic Mission Centre Hospital, Imphal, Manipur with 4 machines and gear price Rs. 33 Lakhs. We have enabled the opening of two dialysis models one every in Pillar Hospital, Port Blair, Andaman Islands  with Rotary Club of Guindy and Lawley Hospital, Coonoor with Rotary Club of Nilgiris. TANKER together with The Madras Medical Mission has donated a machine to the Dar es salaam General Hospital in Tanzania.

Almost 2.5 lakh folks die of kidney failure in India yearly. It is the third largest killer after malignancy and coronary heart illness. Along with serving to our sufferers, spreading the phrase about kidney illness is equally vital to TANKER. We have reached out to greater than 1.89 lakh folks with the 1279 Awareness Programmes we carried out at faculties, schools, regulation enforcement places of work and public boards. We have additionally screened 35,810 people for early detection of kidney illness via our 423 screening camps. TANKER Foundation, Kerala Kidney Research Foundation and St. Behanan’s Orthodox Church opened an consciousness and screening middle in St. Behanan’s Orthodox Church at Vennikulam, Kerala on 03rd March 2021 to achieve out to the needy. As the sector of analysis in kidney ailments requires extra consideration and steering in India, TANKER additionally provides awards for analysis in Nephrology and Service to the tune of Rs. 8 lakhs yearly.

We are persevering with to do dialysis for all our sufferers via our 12 dialysis models. Our grateful thanks once more in your continued help. Please preserve our employees and sufferers in your prayers.

(This press launch was issued by the TANKER.)