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15/03/2023

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

 

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Dr. Francisca Yankovic is a pediatric surgeon and urologist who trained at the University of Chile and completed a subspecialty fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. An associate professor at the University of Chile, director of the Pediatric Urology training program, and past president of the Chilean Society of Pediatric Surgery, she has firsthand knowledge of the challenges faced by children with complex urological conditions. For nearly a decade, she has volunteered with Corporación MATER, an experience that has confirmed to her that improving access to healthcare can change a life.
Dr. Renato Gana has been associated with Corporación Mater since its inception. As a pediatric urologist, he participated in the first surgical campaigns and has been part of an initiative that aims to provide specialized surgery to children living in regions where treating certain conditions can be much more difficult.
More than 50 children were able to undergo surgery thanks to new medical campaigns organized by Corporación MATER in collaboration with local health services and various partner institutions.
The MATER Children's Kidney Foundation brought together those who helped it take its first steps to thank them for three decades of support, solidarity, and work on behalf of children throughout Chile.