Altaf Hamid Rao.
Internatiomal NGO Anjuman Falah-e-Behbood-e-Insaniat marked the Day with grand event hosted at Mirpur DHQ Hospital:
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : World Kidney Day was observed in Azad Jammu Kashmir on Thursday simultaneously with rest of the world with prime focus to raise awareness among people about exceptional signifinance of the kidneys in the human body and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems.
The observance of the World Kidney aDay on Nar13 every year is the part of thr joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and other stakeholders especially the Health Services Department’s of the concerned countries.
Our Special Jammu Kashmir state Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports from Mirpur AJK that to mark the World Kidney Day in the lake city of Mirpur-AJK, an event was hosted at Free Kidney Dialysis Center, Divisional Teaching Hospital Mirpur on Thursday under the auspices of the NGO – Anjuman Falah-e-Behbood Insaniya Mirpur aimed at to create awareness among people for adopting precautionary measures to avert threat of kidney diseases and to highlight the joint efforts of the international community to its treatment.
Speaking on this occasion Commissioner Mirpur Division Chaudhry Mukhtar Ahmad said that prevention of kidney diseases was possible only with individual and collective efforts.
“The Almighty Allah has said in the Holy Qur’an: “Whomsoever saves one life, he has saved the whole of humanity.” We are pursuing the same mission through our public health institutions”, Mukhtar Ch. said.
Div Commissioner while paying rich tributes to Dr. Tahir Mehmood, President of Anjuman Falah wa Behbood Insaniyaan said that Dr. Tahir and his entire team deserve huge applause for serving the ailing humanity providing the besr treatment to the patients at the world class Free Kidney Dialysis Center.
Other speakers, including President Anjuman Welfare and Humanity Dr. Tahir Mehmood, Medical Superintendent Divisional Teaching Hospital Mirpur Dr. Amir Aziz, DHO Mirpur Dr. Fida Hussain Raja, Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr. Maria Zulfiqar, ex SD AJK Radio Mirpur Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel, Secretary General Anjuman Prof. Waris Jaral and others emphasized the need to create awareness among the people about adopting preventive measures during the course of their diet particularly to be averted of thr kidney diseases.
“World Kidney Day is observed for this purpose”, speakers said adding that the day inspires us to combat against this disease besides also to create awareness to take care of deserving patients who could not afford their treatment after suffering from this disease, they underlined.
The speakers further said that the facilities being provided by Free Kidney Dialysis Center Mirpur and other dialysis centers running by NGO’s and identical philanthropist bodies on self help basis in various of the world to the patients were highly appreciable.
Founder of the Anjuman Falah e Behbood e Insaaniat Dr. Tahir Mehmood He expressed his determination that the proposed Dr. Shahzad Ahmed Shaikh Free Kidney Dialysis Center under the auspices of Anjuman Falah e Behbood Insaniyat, will continue this great mission of Falah Insaniyat with the generous donations on the part of the masses especially the philanthropists, primarily the life line of such human life saving health centers, he added.
On this occasion, the website of Anjuman Falah e Behbood Insaniyaan was launched by the Divisional Commissioner Mirpur Division Mukhtar Ahmad Chaudhry inaugurated the website .