In view of the rising cases of kidney diseases in Narsinghpur and Badamba blocks, a Kidney Care and Research Centre was opened at Champeswar in Narasinghpur on the occasion of the observance of the World Kidney Day on Thursday.
A meeting was held on the occasion under the aegis of the Institute of Asian Health, the Utkal Kidney Foundation, the Apollo Hospital and local NGO Sharp. local MlA and Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, Utkal Kidney Foundation director Nisith Mohanty, kidney disease expert TBK Patnaik and doctors from the Apollo Hospital attended the meeting and assured the locals to organise kidney disease diagnosis in the area on regular interval, particularly every Sunday.
Contaminated water and climate change might be the cause for the rise of the disease here, said Dr RK Raj of the Athagarh Sub-Divisional Hospital.