On the occasion of World Kidney Day, physicians affiliated to the Association of Physicians of India (API), Karimnagar chapter, conducted free diabetes, blood pressure, and urine tests at their respective clinics and hospitals in Karimnagar town on Thursday. They also distributed booklets educating people about the importance of protection of kidneys from failure by following a healthy diet and by exercising regularly.
At a programme, API leaders D.C. Tirupathi Rao, D. Raghuraman, M. Vijaymohan Reddy, and B. Laxman explained how the people were suffering from renal failure and undergoing dialysis waiting for kidney donation.
Diabetes, blood pressure, drug abuse, and obesity were the main reasons for the kidney failure, which were preventable if people adopt a disciplined lifestyle, they said.
