The Uddanam region that lies in north-coastal Andhra consists of the mandals of Kaviti, Sompeta, Kanchili, Itchapuram, Palasa and Vajrapukotturu, accounting for more than 100 villages in total. As of 2015, It was estimated that more than 4500 people had died in the last ten years, and around 34,000 people were suffering from kidney diseases in this area alone.
It was reported that each family in the area had at least one person suffering from a kidney ailment. The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to authorize Rs 2,500 as pension a month for kidney patients will come as a noteworthy help for more than 15,000 casualties in Srikakulam locale.
Numerous patients in Uddanam locale hailed the government’s drive and looked for more benefits, for example, free transport facility and supply of safe drinking water to every one of the towns of Ichapuram, Sompeta, Kaviti, Kanchili, Palasa, Mandasa and Vajrapukotturu mandals.
The area organization intends to gather details of the casualties for the authorizing of the pension. YSR Congress Party-North Andhra ladies wing head Varudu Kalyani requested that the administration upgrade the pension since Rs 2,500 was insufficient for medicines.
previous some days before Jana Sena president and actor pawan kalyan had interacted with Harvard on this uddanam issue . When the Team from us has visited Srikakulam to study this wide-spread problem in the region. the team had met doctors from the Andhra Medical College, who had been studying the case.
The Harvard team interacted with almost 200 patients for two hours, besides collecting water and other samples, the local media reported.According to the World Health Organization, this is one of the three regions in the world with the highest concentration of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) after Sri Lanka and Nicaragua.