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Two cr kidney patients in country: 40,000 die each year [1]

Bangladesh has two crore kidney patients and nearly 40,000 of them die annually due to renal failure, according to the Kidney Foundation.

Kidney Foundation secretary Prof Md Muhibur Rahman told BSS that the number of chronic kidney patients increased by 50 per cent over the last 10 years and currently 18 per cent of the country's total population is suffering from the disease.

Publication Date: 
10/04/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh) [2]
Tags:
Health Effects [3], Health [4], Bangladesh [5]

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