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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monson" data-source="post: 24332046" data-attributes="member: 30005">Death toll from renal failures has reducedThe death toll from renal failures has reduced during the last three years due to increased awareness and the availability of dialysis machines in hospitals and at some patients’ houses for overnight dialysis, the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne confirmed at Parliament yesterday.The Minister, joining the Committee Stage Program of Budget 2019, held that the efficient programs of the Government have reduced the number of patients suffering from renal failure in Anuradhapura district from 3,327 in 2016 to 2,011 in 2018. According to Dr. Senaratne, the number of patients in Polonnaruwa district has reduced to 1,048 last year from 1,876 in 2016. Revealing plans to reduce the death toll from renal failures, especially in the dry zone, the Minister said: “The Government changed the health policies to address the renal failure issue. As a result, the number of deaths has come down. There were only 228 dialysis machines when I took over in 2015. We were able to increase it to 500. Our aim is to increase it to 1,000 by the end of 2019.”- <a href="http://www.ft.lk/news/Death-toll-from-renal-failures-has-reduced--Rajitha/56-675494" target="_blank">http://www.ft.lk/news/Death-toll-from-renal-failures-has-reduced--Rajitha/56-675494</a></blockquote>

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