World Kidney day 2024
World Kidney Day 2024 with theme “Kidney Health for all: Advancing Equitable Access to care” is held at Sarawak General Hospital. Sarawak Deputy Premier, Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian said 1 in 10 (800 million) is inflicted with Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD). In Malaysia, he said, there was 9% in 2011 and it grew to 15.5% (4.7 million Malaysian) in 2018. Sadly, Dr Sim added out of 15.5%, 4-5% are not even aware they have CKD which is still preventable to end stage. The CKD is preventable by managing the risk factors which included diabetes, high BP, obesity and aging.Read More