Millions suffer from some form of kidney disease and many of them, particularly in India cannot afford the cost of treatment or care.
TANKER (Tamilnadu Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organisation started in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged patients with kidney disease by giving subsidised dialysis and one time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and spread awareness about kidney disease. TANKER cares for those, the underprivileged, who suffer kidney problems of any kind, reversible or terminal, regardless of caste, creed, sex or religion.
Sai T.P. Karunanandan Trust is a charitable organisation for the benefit of the downtrodden and needy. Sai T.P Karunanandan Trust donated one Dialysis Machine for our needy patients on Wednesday25th September 2013
Sai T.P. Karunanandan Trust is a charitable organisation for the benefit of the downtrodden and needy. Sai T.P Karunanandan Trust donated one Dialysis Machine for our needy patients on Wednesday25th September 2013
The Machine was inaugurated by Mrs. Lakshmi Anandan, Founder of Sai T.P. Karunanandan Trust. The cost of 1 dialysis machine is Rs. 6 Lakhs.Dr.Georgi Abraham ,Founder Trustee of TANKER welcomed everybody and said that dialysis was the need of the hour all over the country and that TANKER would also help in setting up subsidized dialysis units in other parts of the country.
Mrs.Latha Lumaraswami,Managing Trustee of TANKER gave an update of TANKER's activities stating that TANKER had so far done over 1.25 lakhs dialyses and given donations of over Rs.87 Lakhs for the needy with kidney disease.
500 Awareness programmes reaching out to over 90000 people and 40 screening camps for 4000 people had been conducted by their Awareness Head Mrs.Rajalakshmi Ravi and her team. For details about Tanker Foundation call 43090998, 28273407 or visit www.tankerfoundation.org.
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