Inauguration of a New Dialysis Unit on Tuesday 20th January 2026 at 4.30.pm at the The Coimbatore Corporation Rotary Coimbatore Ikons Trust TANKER Dialysis Centre , Coimbatore. We would be grateful for your good coverage. Grateful Thanks. Latha Kumaraswami.

Kidney failure is the third largest killer after malignancy and heart disease. One in 10 people in the world suffer from some form of kidney disease. Many of them cannot afford the cost of treatment or care. In India almost 2.5 lakh people die of kidney failure every year. Around 14440 people get kidney failure every year in Tamilnadu alone, and only 17% have access to treatment.

TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organisation started in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged patients with kidney disease by giving subsidised dialysis and one time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and as to spread awareness about kidney disease. TANKER cares for those, the underprivileged, who suffer kidney problems of any kind, reversible or terminal, regardless of caste, creed, sex or religion.

The Coimbatore Corporation, Rotary Coimbatore Ikons Trust, and TANKER Foundation have joined hands to serve underprivileged kidney failure patients in Coimbatore city and are inaugurating a new 10 bedded dialysis unit which will serve 60 patients The dialysis machines and equipment have been donated by Rotary Coimbatore Ikons Trust. The Coimbatore Corporation has provided the space, water and electricity, while TANKER Foundation will operate and manage the unit. This will be TANKER’S 16^th dialysis centre.

The New Dialysis Unit will be inaugurated by Mr. Sivaguru Prabakaran. IAS Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner at the Corporation’s Sitalakshmi Primary Health Centre, Devanga High School Road, Coimbatore on Tuesday 20^th January 2026 at 4.30 pm.

We would be grateful for good coverage in your esteemed publication / newspaper / media channel. Your support will help us get more contributions and reach out to more underprivileged people suffering from kidney disease.