Kidney patients appeal to government

Sunyani, Dec. 28, GNA- Members of the Kidney Patients Association in Kumasi have appealed to the government to show sympathy and provide funds to cater for the drugs and medicine administered to them as is being done to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Sickle Cell patients. The members made the appeal in a resolution passed at one of their regular monthly meetings in Kumasi and made available to the Ghana News Agency in Sunyani by Mr James Sarpong Dam, First Vice President of the Association.

The members also appealed to the National Health Insurance Scheme, private institutions and other individuals to support the association and called on kidney patients not registered with it to do so. Mr K. Kissiedu, a Dietician, advised the kidney patients to take in foods that contained carbohydrates, vegetables, animal protein, oil and sugar.

He advised them to refrain from taking salty foods, especially canned ones. Dr. Ben A. Eghan, Head of the Dialysis Centre at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, asked members of the Association to attend meetings regularly and to heed the advice given them to enhance their health. 28 Dec. 07