March 13, 2014
World Kidney Day Google+ Hangout On Air
Today is World Kidney Day, which is an important reminder of why kidney disease education and awareness are needed worldwide.
Roughly 1.4 million people across the globe are on dialysis and that number continues to grow each year. Kidney disease is a worldwide health concern. Today I participated in a Google+ Hangout On Air with Dr. Topoti Mukherjee, a nephrologist from India; Angela Lattimore, a dialysis patient from South Carolina; and Sara Hendren, a representative from the nonprofit program Bridge of Life – DaVita Medical Missions.
In case you missed it, here is the recording of the broadcast.
To learn your risk for kidney disease, take a short quiz at DaVita.com/LearnYourRisk. To learn more about what is being done worldwide to raise awareness, visit nephrolife.in/blog.
CONSTANCE HAMPTON said,
March 13, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
Thank you for the video. But being deaf I can’t hear a word they say. I wanted to be apart of things but I would only be looking and not knowing what is going on. But I hope it was very successful. Take care and THANKS FOR YOUR LISTENING EARS
Bianca @ DaVita said,
March 14, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
Hi Constance, thank you for your interest. A transcript is available on the YouTube page here: http://bit.ly/1m49nLC. If you click the button to the right of “Add to” below the video (it looks like a document icon) you will be able to view a transcript of the video.
carolyn Adams said,
March 13, 2014 @ 10:06 pm
I was really waiting for this forum today. Why did you have us ask all kinds of questions (interesting ones, too)when you knew you were not going to answer any of them? Very disappointed. More like a commercial for DaVita to me.
Bianca @ DaVita said,
March 14, 2014 @ 3:15 pm
Hi Carolyn, glad to hear you were looking forward to the discussion today. We hope that you found the information we shared pertaining to risk factors and how individuals are raising awareness of kidney disease valuable. We apologize that we were unable to get to the audience questions while we were on air. We will host more Google+ Hangouts On Air and give the opportunity for viewers to ask questions. Thanks for watching.