Walk, run and free consultation mark World Kidney Day celebration in Chennai
The Hindu
Major hospitals and medical institutions in the city organise events such as a walkathon and run to raise awareness about the need to keep the kidneys in good health
Several organisations organised events across the on Sunday to mark he World Kidney Day.
The theme for this year’s World Kidney Day that is celebrated on the second Thursday of March annually was “Kidney Health for All – Preparing for the unexpected, supporting the vulnerable”.
Actor Aiswarya Lekshmi flagged off a walkathon at Besant Nagar beach on Sunday on behalf of Dr. Mehta’s Hospital.
The hospital’s Department of Paediatric Nephrology, along with international oganisations, the Tanker Foundation and ChildrenKidneyCare.com had organised the event under the guidance of B.R. Nammalwar, director of Paediatric Nephrology at the hospital.
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, in association with Rotary Club of Chennai, organised a walkathon in Elliot’s Beach.
P. Raja, Assistant Commissioner of Central Crime Branch flagged of the walkathon. Nephrologists from Sri Ramachandra Medical College offered free consultation at the end of the event.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.