Stephen's Blogs - Stephen Hon's Blogs (韓啟年) » kidney failure http://www.stephenblogs4u2c.com You'll be the first to know... any time, any place... throughout the day. You can see so much more of me! Bookmark This Blogs If You Like The Contents Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:09:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kidney Failure http://www.stephenblogs4u2c.com/2002/11/23/kidney-failure/ http://www.stephenblogs4u2c.com/2002/11/23/kidney-failure/#comments Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:35:28 +0000 Stephen http://www.stephenblogs4u2c.com/?p=1214 Every year approximately 2,000 Malaysians develop kidney failure and about 50% of these patients have no access to dialysis treatment because they cannot afford the high fees in private hospitals or they cannot gain access to government hospitals or affordable dialysis centres.

Kidney patients have to endure this painful dialysis treatment for the rest of their lives just to lead a “normal” life, unless they undergo a kidney transplant. The normal cost of one dialysis treatment is at least RM 200, which adds up to about RM 2,600 or more per month.

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