CONTINOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD)
Living Donors - family members make the closest tissue matches.
Cadaver - from people who have decided to donate their organs when they die.
Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of renal failure.
Hypertension and gloromerulonephritis are the other important causes.
There are two types of kidney failure.
- The acute - Which is reversible.
- The
chronic - Which is irreversible.
PONDICHERRY KIDNEY FOUNDATION
Pondicherry Kidney Foundation Awards
Dr.P.Soundararajan, professor and Head of Nephrology Department, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, was the recepient of "Pondicherry Kidney Foundation Award" for the year 2005.
Mrs. Latha Kumaraswamy, Managing Trustee, TANKER Foundation, Chennai, was the recepient of "Pondicherry Kidney Foundation Award" for the year 2006.
Dr.N.Murugesan, Chief Nephrologist, Chairman, East Coast Hospital, Puducherry, was the recepient of "Pondicherry Kidney Foundation Award" for the year 2007.
Dr.P.Giri,M.D.,D.N.B., Senior Consultant Nephrologist,Thiruchirapalli, was the recepient of "Pondicherry Kidney Foundation Award" for the year 2008.
