To study the rising incidences of kidney disease in Narasinghpur-Badamba block in Cuttack district, two British volunteers visited family members of kidney patients on Wednesday.
International voluntary organisation IVDT chairperson Helen Nightingale and member Kim Divens went to the affected Durgaprasad and Pakepadapatna villages and had in-depth discussion on the disease with the family members of the patients.
Nightingale said the situation of Badamba-Narasinghpur would be discussed at an international-level seminar on the killer disease to be held soon and steps would be taken to prevent the ailment.
local voluntary outfit SHARP secretary Bijay Panda provided all information to Nightingale. Among others, volunteer Ranjit Swain, rights activist Gobinda Sethy and Sujit Sahu coordinated the foreigners' visit.
Notably, as per Government data, more than a thousand of kidney patients have been registered in Badamba-Narasinghpur.