2024-03-12 16:45:01
On the occasion of World Kidney Day this March 14, the Saint-Gabriel clinic opens its doors to the public for a major awareness and prevention sequence entitled “Vini pren swen di to ren”.
The kidney is an essential element in the functioning of the human machine that is too often ignored and therefore neglected. Every year, National Kidney Week is held, a national event that helps to better inform and raise awareness of chronic kidney disease. For 2024, the campaign led by France Ren is entitled “Towards equitable access to care and management of your kidney health”.
The Guyane Santé group is therefore organizing its information day this March 14. The objective is to become better known and raise awareness among the Guyanese population about this public health issue. This information sequence “Vini pren swen di to ren”. will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Saint-Gabriel clinic where its hemodialysis center is located.
Dialysis service at the Saint-Gabriel clinic • ©DR
Throughout the day, visitors will be welcomed at the dialysis department, will be able to carry out a screening test (blood pressure measurement and urine strip) and instantly obtain their levels of glucose, proteins, and ketone bodies, the substances produced once they There is no more “sugar” available in the body.
Depending on the results, some people will be seen by a nephrologist.
It must be remembered that in Guyana 41% of diabetics suffer from chronic kidney disease. The national average is 29%. The average age of Guyanese patients is 56 years and 48% of them suffer from obesity.
“They are therefore younger and more obese than the national average (66 years and 41%). Three quarters of patients are precarious (74%) and almost half of them (45%) are of foreign origin. »
A patient on dialysis • ©DR
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