Kidney disease claims 40,000 a yr
The number of kidney patients in the country is increasing at an alarming rate as about 2 crore people are suffering from the disease. "About two crore people are now somehow suffering from the kidney disease which was about one crore 10 years back. The rate of the chronic kidney disease has now reached at 18 percent, increasing 50 percent during the period,' Prof Dr Harun-Ur-Rashid, chairman of Department of Nephrology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), told BSS yesterday.