Doctors say kidney failures have doubled in last 15 years in India
The number of Indians suffering from kidney failures has doubled in the last 15 years with a rise of 10 % in the number of citizens undergoing dialysis due to chronic kidney diseases (CKD), health experts have said. Health experts said that the number of Indians suffering from kidney failures has doubled in the last 15 years with a rise of 10 percent in the number of citizens undergoing dialysis due to Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD). According to health experts, several Indian population-based studies in the past estimated the incidence of EndStage Kidney Disease (ESKD) is 150-230 per million and about 220,000-275,000 new patients need Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) every year. ‘It is estimated that approximately 75,000 patients are on dialysis which is growing at the rate of 10-20 percent annually. The question is whether India has the resources and skill to handle