On the 25th of August 2010, 4 Leos attended the Kidney Talk by the National Kidney Foundation. This talk was organized by the Interact Club of SMK Assunta. It was held at the Art Gallery in SMK Assunta from 1.30p.m. to 2.30p.m..
At 1.30p.m., we registered at the registration counter. As an admission fee, each one of us had to either bring 5cm-thick of old newspapers or 5 used aluminium tins. It started with the emcee introducing the project organizer, Interactor Sarah with her speech. Then the emcee introduced the speaker for the day, Ms. Lu Yean from National Kidney Foundation.
Ms. Lu Yean spoke all about our kidneys. She started off with introducing us the National Kidney Foundation, it was founded in 1969 and is a non-profitable organization. She told us their motto which is “Giving Hope”. She told us about the functions of our kidneys and how important they were .Then she spoke about a few types of kidney diseases there were, which are Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Kidney Disease. A few symptoms of kidney disease were constant tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting. Swelling of certain body parts were also one of the physical symptoms.
She then proceeded to the people who were at high risk of getting kidney disease, which were senior citizens, diabetic patients, obese people, hypertension, people who smoke and those who take in plenty of pills a day. Kidney disease can also be inherited from one’s family. Kidney disease can happen to anyone at an age.
Next, she told us about the types of treatments there were for kidney disease such as dialysis and kidney transplant. We were informed about the prices of each of the treatments which was, up to RM100, 000 for a kidney transplant. For dialysis, there were two types of it, which is haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Haemodialysis will have to be conducted up to 4 hours per session and 3 times a week while a peritoneal dialysis is 30 minutes per session and it is conducted 3-5 times a day.
After the talk, there was a short quiz about kidneys which she gave away a keychain for every correct answer. Then the president the Interact Club came up to give a small token of appreciation to Ms. Lu Yean. Then project was then ended at 2.30p.m.. At the back of the gallery, there were a few posters up about our kidney and we were encouraged to take a look.
This talk sure has benefited all of us who attended as we now know how to prevent our kidneys from kidney disease.
Prepared by,
Leo Yong Poh Yee
Social & School Service Director
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