Dr. Thiruventhiran Thilaganathan

End-stage kidney failure patients have to spend their whole lives going for expensive and time exhausting dialysis treatments while waiting for the rare chance of finding an organ donor. For many end-stage organ failure patients, organ donation remains their last chance of survival but the limited availability of organ donors and misconceptions around organ donation have made finding a suitable donor difficult, said NKF vice-chairman Dr Thiruventhiran Thilaganathan. The organ donation booth is the newest addition to NKF s continuous efforts to advocate for the early detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease. Since the organ donation campaign as supported by Sunway Group started in January 2015, NKF has received 1,033 organ pledges from the public.

Dr Thiruventhiran Thilaganathan is the Vice President for National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Malaysia, a non-profit charitable organization strives to raise the standard of care to patients with kidney failure and those who are suffering from various kidney-related diseases.