Diabetes is the cause for one third of kidney failures in India and hence it is necessary to control diabetes and also blood pressure to avoid kidney failure, noted nephrologist and Padmabhushan awardee M.K. Mani said here on Sunday.
First step was to prevent failure of kidney said Dr. Mani and felt that the Government itself must take up a programme to control diabetes and BP and it would not cost much. “We have taken up a programme in the rural areas to control BP and diabetes and followed the age old practice of distributing reserpine tablets to control BP. During our trials we found that there is a 50 per cent drop in kidney failures”, he said. “The cost during a year is just Rs. 22”.
Once the kidney fails, the treatment would cost heavily and this could be avoided, he said. Dr. Mani said so while delivering the Dr. Ch. Gnaneswar memorial oration on diabetic nephropathy at the AMCOSA auditorium.
Dr. Mani paid rich tributes to Dr. Gnaneswar. Director of Medical Education T. Raviraju, who was chief guest of the function, suggested establishing a chair in the memory of Dr. Gnaneswar in the medical university. He also presented the endowment gold medal to Dr. Mani.
Senior orthopaedic surgeon and president of Dr. Gnaneswar endowment committee S.V.Adinarayana Rao, presided. Superintendent of King George Hospital M.V.R.J. Somayajulu and Principal Andhra Medical College G. Bhagya Rao, noted gastroenterologist E. Peda Veeraju and others recalled their association with Dr. Gnaneswar and his efficiency as a physician and teacher.
Many doctors and medical students attended the programme.
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