TANKER Foundation saw the need for a dialysis unit in Anaikatti, Coimbatore, and gave guidance and support to Bethany Medical Centre to set up a unit with three machines for the underprivileged, especially the tribal community there.

The ICICI Bethany Dialysis Centre, Anaikatti, is supported by the ICICI Foundation with guidance from TANKER Foundation.

The dialysis machines and RO plant, donated by ICICI Foundation, were inaugurated by Mr. A. Ganesan , Regional Head, IB, Coimbatore, and Mr. Michael Jenno, Zonal Head, ICICI Foundation, and the Panchayat President, in the presence of Dr. Ruth James and Dr. Muralidhar, Bethany Medical Centre, Mr. Asif Iqbal, Project Manager, ICICI Foundation, Mr. Sumit Kumar, RHS, ICICI Bank, Mrs. Latha A. Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee TANKER Foundation, Mrs. Vasanthi Ravichander, Head Admin TANKER Foundation, and Mrs. Geetha, Head Dialysis Units, TANKER Foundation.

This generous donation will benefit all underprivileged patients in and around Anaikatti, Coimbatore.

Dr Muralidharan, who founded the Bethany Medical Centre, welcomed everyone and spoke about the humble beginnings of the centre and the need for medical care for the predominantly tribal community there.

Mr. A. Ganesan of ICICI said he was happy to be associated with Bethany Medical Centre and TANKER Foundation and appreciated the work they were doing for the needy.

Mrs. Latha Kumaraswami expressed TANKER’s gratitude for ICICI’s spontaneous and generous help to Bethany Medical Centre for this dialysis unit. She gave an update on TANKER’s activities.

She said since inception in 1993, almost 6 lakh dialysis have been given and Rs. 4 crore has been provided as assistance for medication, investigation and surgery costs. At present, 850 patients were benefitting through TANKER’s 14 dialysis units.

Almost 2 lakh people have been reached out to through the awareness programmes, and over 39,000 people had been screened for kidney disease.