Chronic kidney disease affects Polonnaruwa families

Over 20,000 people in the Polonnaruwa district have been screened by a campaign organised by the Salvation Army recently to detect and prevent the spread of kidney disease in the area. Of this 1000 persons have been diagnosed having kidney disease, said Major Peter McGuigan, the Communication Secretary of the Salvation Army addressing a media briefing at the Galadari Hotel yesterday.
He said following a request made by a local politician to help those afflicted by kidney disease in the Polonnaruwa district, Salvation Army officials visited Polonnaruwa and liased with state officials,  medical personnel and community members and set up a project to detect and prevent kidney disease with funding from Canada and the US. 
He said the Salvation Army has completed building eight large scale community wells in the North Central Province outfitted with industrial filration plants. The wells are managed and maintained by the communities with a nominal fee of one rupee per litre of water charged to users.
Refering to recent floods in Sri Lanka, he said 300 wells in the Kalutara district has been cleaned by the Salvation Army volunteers to provide relief to communities affected by the devastating floods, In May this year. The Salvation Army also provides disaster services around the clock and was ready to provide relief to those affected by sudden disasters such as the Methotamulla tragedy this year where a 90 metre high waste dump collapsed killing several persons. However the following morning Salvation Army volunteers were at the location providing breakfact to survivers of the tragedy. "We continued to help them for many weeks." he said. (Jayampathy)  

Chronic kidney disease affects Polonnaruwa families
Over 20,000 people in the Polonnaruwa district have been screened by a campaign organised by the Salvation Army recently to detect and prevent the spread of kidney disease in then area. Of this 1000 persons have been diagnosed having kidney disease, said Major Peter McGuigan, the Communication Secretary of the Salvation Army addressing a media briefing at the Galadari Hotel yesterday.
He said following a request made by a local politician to help those afflicted by kidney disease in the Polonnaruwa district, Salvation Army officials visited Polonnaruwa and liased with state officials,  medical personnel and community members and set up a project to detect and prevent kidney disease with funding from Canada and the US. 
He said the Salvation Army has completed building eight large scale community wells in the North Central Province outfitted with industrial filration plants. The wells are managed and maintained by the communities with the nominal fee of one rupee per litre of water by users.
Refering to recent floods in Sri Lanka, he said 300 wells in the Kalutara district has been cleaned by the Salvation Army volunteers to provide relief to communities affected by the devastating floods, In May this year. The Salvation Army also provides disaster services around the clock and was ready to provide relief to those affected by sudden disasters such as the Methotamulla tragedy this year where a 90 metre high waste dump collapsed killing several persons. However the following morning Salvation Army volunteers were at the location providing breakfact to survivers of the tragedy. "We continued to help them for many weeks." he said. (Jayampathy)