Kidney disease victimizes 2,500-3,000 people a year in Nepal. Since complete treatment for kidney disease is not yet available in Nepal people are forced to seek treatment in other countries, which is expensive for most Nepalese. Ani Choying Dolma knows the challenges people face here from the lack of complete treatment, as her own mother passed away due to the lack of proper treatment in Nepal.
For this reason, she wants to establish a kidney hospital in Nepal in 2009, where quality dialysis, and kidney transplants can be offered at affordable cost. Two hospitals in Kathmandu have recently started kidney transplantation service, but still it is not up to the mark. NWF has made a donation of Rs. 1.9 million to the National Kidney Center to assist in availing such service to the poor and needy patients.
The government of Nepal had pledged to allocate some land for our propsed kidney hospital. However, this has yet to materialise and can be attributed to the political upheval and transition witnessed in Nepal over the last few years. We are still optimistic and are urging the concerned authorities to fulfill their commitment towards this cause.
Raising funds for this project has been under way since the past two years.