We join World Kidney Day!

Last Thursday, March 9, we lived a new day, a date established since 2006 with the aim of raising awareness about the importance of our kidneys and to promote the early detection of any condition to prevent kidney disease.

Thus, as MATER Corporation we adhere to this important day by performing various actions to promote this call in the community, including a free blood pressure test in Soto Aguilar fair (located next to our Diagnostic Center) where we deliver care tips and take the opportunity to publicize our cause; and an Instagram Live with our friend Nataly Chilet (@natychilet), host, model and influencer, who was talking with Constanza Olivares, nurse; Belén Sánchez, kinesiologist and Paola Mella, psychologist; about the importance of our kidneys and the work we do as MATER.

The call is to take care of yourself. For this reason, we leave you with the eight "golden rules established worldwide to keep our kidneys safe:

1.- Keep fit and active

Maintain regular control of blood glucose levels.

3.- Monitor your blood pressure

Eating healthy and keeping your weight under control.

5.- Maintain a healthy fluid intake.

6.- NO smoking

7.- DO NOT self-medicate

8.- Check your fun

kidney function if you have one or more high-risk factors

If you missed the Instagram Live or want to relive it, click here.

Let's keep preventing kidney disease together. #CorporacionMATER

Dr. José Manuel Escala is the founder and president of Corporación Mater. As the organization marks its 30th anniversary, we sat down with him to discuss its origins, its major achievements, and the need to carry this work forward—a conversation in which he also acknowledges and thanks those who have played a vital role along the way.

For the past four years, Constanza Olivares has been the coordinator of highly complex surgical operations carried out by the MATER Corporation throughout Chile. A nurse and midwife by profession, she speaks of her work with conviction and gratitude: "The Corporation has allowed me to develop not only professionally, but also to provide more care to patients. And that, for me, is tremendously satisfying."

Anesthesiologist Virginia Montecinos has just completed ten operations as a volunteer at Corporación Mater. This number speaks to her perseverance, but above all, her conviction. We spoke with her to find out what motivated her to join, what she has learned along the way, and why, in her opinion, volunteering not only transforms the lives of children and their families, but also those who participate in it.

The catalog, designed by artist Angelito Peñaranda, invites companies to give meaningful gifts that support the health of children awaiting medical care in Chile.

We worked hard throughout 2025 to reduce waiting times for children throughout Chile, providing them with adequate, high-quality healthcare.

The work of volunteer doctors is at the heart of Corporación MATER, because it allows us to fulfill our purpose of providing timely, quality healthcare, shortening the wait times for hundreds of children throughout Chile, as well as demonstrating the impact that collaboration can achieve.

We join World Kidney Day!

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