AN estimated five to six million Tanzanians could be suffering from kidney disease related complications, a health expert has said.Speaking at a media conference focusing on the seriousness of the problem in Dar es Salaam on Friday, the founder of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Dr Linda Ezekiel said a two day camp in Dar es Salaam in 2010 tested 3,500 people and diagnosed over 1,200 of them with acute kidney disease complications.
"Although there are official statistics, we know that the problem is serious and calls for careful redress. There are over 450,000 people on dialysis machine services and that is scary," she said.
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