The Kidney Patients Association, promoted by Mangalore Nephto-Urology Charitable Trust, aims at collectively helping kidney patients and also fight for government support for patients with chronic kidney diseases.
It is the first of its kind of such associations of kidney patients, at least in Karnataka.
While it will financially help the needy to undergo dialysis and kidney transplantation, it will also work for getting medicines at subsidised rates for patients.
The membership fee is Rs. 10 a year and one can become sponsor-member by contributing Rs. 10,000 or more for life, thereby helping the association to raise the corpus for various activities.
The association can be contacted at C-24, 2nd Floor, Al Rahab Plaza, Nellikai Road, near SBI, Mangaluru 575001;www.mnuct.com;info@mnuct.com; 0824-4261320/ 8147476383.
