Monday, March 05, 2012
This week marks Kidney Awareness Week
We closed off the show with an interview with Professor Charles Swanepoel -Managing director of the Cape Town Kidney and Dialysis Centre. He’s also an associate professor in the Renal Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital. This week marks Kidney Awareness Week and according to the National Kidney Foundation of South Africa, 10% of all people in the world have some form of kidney disease. The foundation says that ten thousand South African men and women, young and old will die of kidney disease or kidney failure every year. However there are luckier patients who can be treated by dialysis or having a kidney transplant. Professor Swanepoel explained more. For further information you can contact the centre on (021) 683 7119 or visit their website www.dialysiscapetown.com
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