29th TANKER Annual Charity and Awards Nite 2022
The Mr. Venkatesan & Mrs. Malathi Venkatesan
TANKER Foundation Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof. Joanne Bargman MD
FRCPC, Nephrologist, University of
Toronto. She spoke on "Grooming 90 Indian Nephrologists”.Prof Bargman
shared her experiences and several heartwarming stories about the young Indian
doctors in the International Clinical Fellowship Program in Nephrology in the
University of Toronto,Canada.
Dr. Georgi Abraham, Founder Trustee, TANKER
Foundation welcomed the gathering and said that the need for dialysis was on
the increase and that more awareness had to be created about this terrible
disease. The Awards Nite was a function to recognise research in Nephrology and
Service to the public.
Mrs. Latha Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee ,TANKER
Foundation talked about TANKER's small beginnings in 1993 and that with help
from the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS), the
Central Government, the Greater Chennai Corporation, family, friends, Rotary,
Lions, Round Table, FreeMasons, Ladies Circle,Inner Wheel,Corporates and other
valuable donors . She thanked the valuable staff of TANKER for being the Angels
on Earth ,especially for their commitment and dedication during the pandemic.
TANKER runs 12 dialysis Units in Chennai,Madurai,Vellore, Coimbatore and
Tiruppur and does 6061 dialysis a month serving 685 patients. So far TANKER has
done 467,224 free and subsidized
dialysis for 2153 patients and given financial support of Rs. 3.53 Lakhs to
3856 patients. TANKER has reached out to 1.89 lakh people with 1279 Awareness
Programmes and also screened 35,810 individuals for early detection of kidney
disease through 423 screening camps.
The Chief
Guest Dr. (Smt). Tamilisai Soundararajan, Hon’ble Governor of Telangana and
Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Puducherry said that she admired and appreciated the
dedicated work that TANKER does and that everyone involved took ownership of
TANKER. She also talked about the various Govt medical schemes that were there
for the benefit of the needy.She also reiterated that Awareness and Screening
were very important for early detection and for longer lifespan for patients
with kidney disease. She presented the following awards.
The K. V. George Kottukulam Memorial TANKER &
Kerala Kidney Research Foundation Young Investigator Award for outstanding
research done in the field of Nephrology in India was awarded to Dr. Medi
Naveen Kumar for his research into
“Role of Magnetic Resonance Elastography and Biomarkers in Early Chronic Kidney
Disease-A hospital based study”. The
award carried a prize of Rs. 2,00,000/- a citation and a gold medallion.
The Renny Abraham TANKER Foundation Love for Service
Award for a medical doctor who has gone beyond the call of duty in serving the
underprivileged was awarded to Dr.
Shobha Varthaman , who has selflessly served in humanitarian missions with
Doctors Without Borders in several conflicts and disaster areas. The award
carried a prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-, a citation and a gold medallion.
The La Renon TANKER Foundation For the Sake of
Honour Award given to an individual who has done exemplary work in his or her
field was awarded to Prof Joanne Bargman MD, FRCPC, Nephrologist, Toronto,
staff Nephrologist at the University Health Network and Professor of Medicine
at the University of Toronto. The award carried a prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-, a
citation and a gold medallion.
The K. Venkatanarayana TANKER Foundation Awareness Award given to an individual for creating awareness of any disease, mental, physical and social, was awarded to Sister Lucy Kurien from Pune who has been working tirelessly to spread awareness of the horrific violence and abuse against women through Maher- Mother’s Home which provides a safe haven for battered and destitute women. The award carried a prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-, a citation and a gold medallion.
The Ashok Sankaralingam TANKER Foundation Patient
Endowment - One year dialysis support was given for 8 under privileged patients
with kidney failure -Rs. 2,00,000/-.
The La Renon TANKER Foundation Lifetime Achievement
Awards given to two individuals who have done exemplary work in the field of
Nephrology were awarded to Dr. P.
Soundararajan and Dr. Anant Kumar. The
awards carried a prize of Rs.
1,00,000/-, a citation and a gold medallion each.Dr Anant Kumar donated his
cheque back to TANKER Foundation.
Honouring of Enablers - Dr. Anisha Ashok and Dr.
Jayanth Vijayakumar of Laser & Laproscopic Hospital for their commitment
and selflessness in doing free fistulas for TANKER Patients and patient care. TANKER
Staff Awards were given for Service,Dedication, Commitment and Punctuality to
several TANKER staff.
This was followed by Dinner. Grateful thanks were
conveyed to TANKER's well wishers, sponsors, the staff and management of
Savera, the Media and donors and especially Mrs. Nina Reddy for sponsoring the
dinner at Savera Hotel.
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