World Kidney Day: 100 take part in walkathon at Sukhna Lake
As many as 100 people, including patients and healthcare professionals participated in a Shalby Hospital’s walkathon on the eve of World Kidney Day at Sukhna Lake on Wednesday.
City Air News
Mar 11, 2026 07:21
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Chandigarh, March 11, 2026: As many as 100 people, including patients and healthcare professionals participated in a Shalby Hospital’s walkathon on the eve of World Kidney Day at Sukhna Lake on Wednesday.
Speaking during the occasion, Dr. Prof KL Gupta, senior nephrologist at Shalby Hospital Mohali highlighted the escalating crisis of chronic kidney disease.
He said,” In India, chronic kidney disease affects nearly 15-17% of the adult population – over 200 million people – with Punjab reporting even steeper rates of 20-25% in urban and rural pockets, per recent Indian Society of Nephrology data. Diabetes and hypertension, the primary culprits responsible for 60-75% of cases nationwide (and similarly in Punjab), are driving this towards epidemic proportions, Dr. Gupta warned.
Untreated, CKD is life-threatening, progressing silently to end-stage renal failure, heart disease, or stroke, claiming over 1 lakh lives annually in India alone. Globally 850 million people grapple with kidney disease, but early screening remains the gamechanger, asserted Dr. Gupta.
Lalit Sharma, chief administrative officer, Shalby Hospital Mohali said that we are transitioning from treatment to prevention, empowering Punjab’s communities against this silent killer through awareness and accessible care.
