Kidney failures doubled in 15 years in India
11-Mar-16, Zee News
If health experts are to be believed, the number of Indians suffering from kidney failures has doubled in the last one and a half decade. The number of Indians suffering from various types of kidney ailments and undergoing dialysis has seen a rapid rise of 10 %.
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Doctors have also mentioned that the citizens of India are more susceptible to chronic kidney diseases and therefore, they should take extra precautions. An approximate estimation of 75,000 patients has been made who are on dialysis and the number is only growing each day.
Diabetes is believed to be the most common cause for kidney failures and with it's exponential growth, the number of kidney patients is likely to rise.