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Imdad-Sitara
Khan Foundation – a non-profit organization registered
under the Society Registration Act, 1860 – is
going to run five Kidney Centers to facilitate end-stage
renal failure treatment to the downtrodden patients
of Bangladesh.
In Bangladesh thousands of kidney patients die every
year due to inadequate dialysis facility. Sadly enough,
thousands of poor kidney patients cannot even afford
such treatment due to its exorbitant cost. Moreover,
hinterland patients cannot even reach these scarce kidney
centers, which are only available in major cities.
According to Bangladesh Kidney Foundation's statistics,
every year about forty thousand people suffer from renal
failure. Due to various problems of kidney transplant,
now a days, haemodialysis is the only option for survival
of End State Renal Failure patients. In Bangladesh,
unfortunately, the dialysis facility is limited to a
few major cities and is highly expensive and inadequate.
An End State Renal Failure (ESRF) patient needs 3 haemodialysis
per week for normal function. But due to its exorbitant
cost and non-availability in hinterland towns, thousands
of patients cannot even afford dialysis. Due to its
high cost many patients are compelled to compromise
on the number of dialysis and many families are economically
crippled and turning destitute to meet the high cost
of treatment.
In view of the above sufferings of poor patients and
driven by the feeling "to pay back to motherland",
Old Rajshahi Cadets Association USA - Chapter (ORCA
-USA), organizations of expatriate Bangladeshis
in the USA, planned to set up kidney centers in Bangladesh
and approached 'Khan Family Foundation', Saratoga, CA,
USA for additional help. It may be mentioned that ORCA-USA
in coordination with ORCA in Bangladesh has been implementing
numerous charity projects in Bangladesh.
The Khan Family Foundation established in the USA in
2003 by expatriate Bangladeshi Dr. Imdad H. Khan and
his wife Mrs Sitara A. Khan have donated funds to many
philanthropic organizations worldwide. In Bangladesh
it has funded scholarships to meritorious but needy
students for studying engineering, medicine and science.
Under the patronage of Khan Family Foundation, a trust
named "Imdad-Sitara Khan Foundation" was established
in Bangladesh to carry out the philanthropic activities.
Imdad Sitara Khan Foundation (ISKF) is funding to establish
kidney centers in district towns throughout Bangladesh.
Inspired by this noble cause, the Independent Dialysis
Foundation Inc, Maryland, USA has donated 39 dialysis
machines to ORCA- USA to the Imdad Sitara Khan Kidney
Centers in Bangladesh,which run on a non-profit basis.
As per the project proposal, initially, ISKF is planning
to set up 5 kidney dialysis centers in Dhaka, Rajshahi,
Rangpur, Bogra and Kushtia. As its first initiative,
two kidney centers have been established, one in Dhaka
and another in Rajshahi, to serve the downtrodden kidney
patients.
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