Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru enters GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™

Photo 1 – Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru along with Kannada Actress Ms. Sruthi Hariharan launching Kidney DAY Campaign

Photo 2 – Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru with the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS certificate

Photo 3 – Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru receiving the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS certificate from Mr. Rishi Nath, Adjudger, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS along with Ms. Sruthi Hariharan, Kannada Actress

Photo 4, 6 & 7 – Free screening health check up being conducted 

Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru enters GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 

For addressing an awareness talk to 311 people on Preventing Kidney diseases and a 

Free screening health camp for 623 people on this World Kidney Day 

 

 

·         The most urinalysis test in 8 hours was achieved by Manipal Hospitals (India) at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India on 13 March 2019

 

The largest kidney disease awareness lesson was achieved by Manipal Hospitals and Dr H Sudarshan Ballal (both India) at Manipal Hospital, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 13 March 2019

 

Bengaluru, 13 March 2019: India’s leading Healthcare service provider, Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru celebrates as it bags two new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titles at the same time today. On the occasion of World Kidney Day, the hospital attempted and successfully accomplished two new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titles of conducting the longest kidney disease awareness session as well as the most number of urine analysis tests.

In line with the theme for World Kidney Day, ‘Kidney Health for Everyone, Everywhere’, the hospital conducted urine analysis test for 8 hours and an awareness lecture on kidney disease for 1 hour. Both the awareness session and urine analysis test witnessed 311 and 623 people respectively, creating two new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titles on the same day.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a non-communicable disease that affects 1 in 10 people worldwide. While its severity can vary, CKD is often progressive and needs lifelong medical care. Over 850 million people worldwide are now estimated to have kidney diseases from various causes. CKD causes at least 2.4 million deaths per year and is now the 6th most common cause of death. 9 out of 10 patients who have kidney disease don’t even know that they have it. Between 2 to 7 million premature deaths happen for lack of access to dialysis and transplantation. Despite the growing burden of kidney disease, kidney health is often under emphasized and neglected, leading to late detection. This attempt to enter GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ was made as an effort to create awareness among the general public to look at wellness rather than illness as Manipal Hospitals being a responsible healthcare group.

Both initiatives that won the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titles were adjudicated and certified by Mr. Rishi Nath, Adjudger, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. The largest gathering was addressed byDr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru on the importance of kidney to our health.

Elated by the achievement, Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru said, “It is a matter of great pride for all of us at Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru to be recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for our initiatives. We are delighted to be entitled as the only hospital in India to be conducting the longest kidney disease awareness session as well as the most number of urine analysis tests. Through our initiatives we wanted to reach out to as many people as possible on this World Kidney Day to create awareness on kidney disease and we are glad to have achieved our goal.” 

Hence, we need to put our minds and resources in making our country healthier and fitter by moving our focus from curative to preventive care. This can only happen by creating awareness about kidney health with emphasis on screening for kidney disease.

About Manipal Hospitals:

As a pioneer in healthcare, Manipal Hospitals is among the largest hospital network in India serving over 2 million patients annually .Its focus is to develop an affordable tertiary care multispecialty healthcare framework through its entire multispecialty delivery spectrum and further extend it to homecare. With its flagship quaternary care facility located in Bangalore, India, 8 tertiary care, 7 secondary care and 2 primary care clinics spread across India and abroad, today Manipal Hospitals successfully operates and manages 5,200+ beds. Manipal Hospitals provides comprehensive curative and preventive care for a multitude of patients from across the globe. Manipal Hospitals is first in India to be awarded accreditation by the AAHRPP for ethical standards in clinical research activities. It is also NABL, NABH and ISO certified. Manipal Hospitals is also the most respected hospital company in India and the most patient recommended hospital in India by consumer survey.