Screenings kick off weekend of kidney health efforts
Think back to Hurricane Katrina, and imagine HSBC Arena filled to capacity with people in need. Then add the image of a sell-out Ralph Wilson Stadium, doubling that picture.
That'll give you an idea of the alarming number of men, women and children in Western New York who have chronic kidney disease — what it might look like if all 170,000 of them gathered together.
Of that group, more than 1,600 are on dialysis and more than 500 wait on the kidney-transplant list.
To help prevent a tidal-wave of new illness, the National Kidney Foundation Serving Western New York is offering free kidney screenings until 4 p.m. today in the McCoy Convention Center, 653 Clinton St.
Scores have already taken advantage of the free screenings today.
The screenings kick off a weekend of life-saving events. The foundation presents "Live Kidney-Friendly" from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at D'Youville College's Koessler Administration Building, 320 Porter Ave. This program is designed not only for chronic kidney disease patients and transplant recipients, but also for people at-risk for kidney disease — those with diabetes, high-blood pressure, a family history of these conditions or of kidney disease.
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