More than 100,000 M'sians to suffer kidney failure in next 20 years, Health Ministry warns


Dr Bahari (right) having a light moment with peritoneal dialysis patients Peter Tan, Khairul Shawali Talib (centre) and Dr Mohd Redzuan Buyung (left) during the launching of the MyBuahPinggang webpage on Sunday. - RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 100,000 Malaysians are expected to suffer kidney failure over the next two decades, warns the Health Ministry.

"Based on data from National Renal Registry Malaysian, some 39,711 Malaysians were on dialysis due to kidney failure in 2016.

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