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Professional dialysis recruitment| Kidney program to go beyond the renal disease prevention month - Philippine Information Agency |
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OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 3 (PIA) -- The City Health Office (CHO) will continue the advocacy of the Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) even beyond the National Kidney Month of June.
This assurance came from Dr. Daniel Medina, CHO Officer, who said the conduct of daily consultations and urinary screening tests (USTs) will go on at the health office for the rest of the year. Medina said that the theme ”Ikaw at Ako Ay Panalo sa Malusog Na Bato (With Healthy Kidneys, You and I are Winners)" will remain the focus of the intensified campaign to heighten awareness of residents on how to take care of one’s kidneys. In fact, the information, education, and communication (IEC) campaign that REDCOP did last month will still be discussed during the mothers’ classes and group health teachings in the barangays year-round, and not only during the month of June, Medina said. He said a total of 770 patients were recommended to undergo USTs at the CHO, from January to June, this year. Only 64 patients or 0.08 percent, were found to have abnormal results in their urine and diagnosed with renal disease, Medina said. Of this figure, 61 were diagnosed with urinary tract infections (UTIs), while one each was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis, nephrolithiasis, and severe UTI R/O pyelonephritis. REDCOP coordinator Myrle Silva said the highest number of patients, who were made to undergo the UST, was during the month of May with 203 patients. This was followed by the month of June, 154 patients; January, 148 patients; February, 101 patients; March, 100 patients; and April, 64 patients. (PIA10, Mis. Occ.)
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