Brunei sees annual increase of 28 kidney patients

There’s an annual enhance of some 28 kidney sufferers within the Sultanate, stated Everlasting Secretary on the Ministry of Well being (MoH) Haji Maswadi bin Haji Mohsin through the launch of ‘Kidney Well being for All’ roadshow at the side of the World Kidney Day 2023.

The Brunei Dialysis and Transplant Registry (BDTR), he stated, recorded 235 deaths of end-stage kidney sufferers in 2021, and 192 deaths in 2022.

Brunei Darussalam has among the many highest charge of sufferers with finish stage kidney illness on this planet and among the many important causes are diabetes and hypertension.

Extra particulars in Sunday’s Borneo Bulletin.