Dialysis Olympiad in Hyderabad on Jan 18

On the occasion of its fifth foundation day, India’s largest dialysis service provider NephroPlus unveiled its plans to hold a mega national level sporting event in Hyderabad for dialysis patients on January 18.

Modeled on the lines of Olympics, the unique national level event will hold 50 metres sprint, 100 metres sprint, chess, marathon, 25 and 50 metres swimming, volleyball, carrom and badminton competition for dialysis patients. The event is free and open for all dialysis patients across the country. For registration, interested patients can walk into the nearest NephroPlus centre or log on to NephroPlus page on Facebook and register.

Elaborating on the sporting extravaganza, Kamal D Shah, co-founder and director, patient services, said, “Despite being on dialysis for the last 18 years, I swim every day and work full time. At NephroPlus, we firmly believe that dialysis patients can exercise, work and have fun – things otherwise healthy people do. To prove to the world that this is true, we are organising the Dialysis Olympiad where dialysis patients will compete in events like sprints, swimming and other sports and show that this is possible.”