Arunachalam* spent two years consulting a general physician despite knowing that his kidneys were damaged. “When I became too weak and tired to continue with the monthly check-ups and tablets, we approached a hospital in Tiruchi,” says the 44-year-old Mayiladuthurai-based goldsmith. “If I had sought proper help in the beginning, we may have spent less money on treatment.” The eventual outcome: dialysis for six months to stabilise renal function, followed by a kidney transplant from his wife in April, 2014. Mahesh* was unconscious when his family members rushed the former factory manager from Kumbakonam to a private hospital in Tiruchi. Mahesh had been trying...
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