The Bharathan Medical Foundation is dedicated to helping kidney failure patients and their families cope with the mental health struggles they face. 

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Whilst the patient is treated medically for kidney failure by doctors, nurses and dialysis technicians it is their mental health which is terribly impacted. They struggle to come to terms with their grave health situation and feel it is a death sentence. They battle ~

• Severe depression

• Serious financial stress

• No employment opportunities

• Constant feeling of unwellness and weakness

• Breathing difficulty due to fluid build-up in the lungs

• Dependence on others

• Lack of restful sleep

• Rigid eating and fluid restrictions (500-800 ml a day)

• Time spent on dialysis​​

Not just the patients, their family members too are impacted adversely to see their loved ones in this state. They feel helpless at not being able to improve the situation and the burden of financial stress affects them and their lives too.

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We are working towards creating support groups for patients and their families. This will help them share their concerns, worries and woes with those who are going through the same challenges. Peer-to-peer sharing and personal stories will help them know that they are not alone. It will also help in sharing of resources and tips between patients.   

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We are also working towards having a trained medical psychologist who will provide individual and group counselling to patients and their families.