Foundation helping 600 get new kidneys

Foundation secretary-general Dr Supat Vanichakarn said yesterday. The project was sponsored by the National Health Security Office, the Social Security Office, and the Comptroller General's Department as well as receiving support from the Siriraj Foundation and the Public Health Ministry. Supat said kidney transplant was the best treatment compared to peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. The problem was there were not enough kidney donors. Last year, only 329 kidneys were donated whilst there were 4,500 patients registered on the Thai Red Cross Society’s list for kidney transplant surgery.