Renowned nephrologist Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal warned that chronic kidney disease is rising rapidly in India due to diabetes, hypertension, and environmental factors. He urged preventive healthcare, affordability reforms, and AI-driven innovations to avert a potential nationwide kidney disease epidemic

Kolkata: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is emerging as one of the country’s most pressing public health concerns, a renowned nephrologist said.

CKD is fuelled by lifestyle disorders like diabetes and hypertension and compounded by environmental and occupational factors, kidney ailments are no longer confined to the elderly or the urban elite, he said.

If left unchecked, kidney disease could soon take on the proportions of an epidemic, the nephrologist said.

Dr H Sudarshan Ballal shared his

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