With his medical experience after practicing in the East region, Dr. Dissanayake said that poverty, malnutrition could also be key factors leading up to the kidney disease.

Therefore, measures should also be taken to address issues such as poverty and malnutrition, he added.

Although the kidney disease has been identified as the key health issue in the North Central province and the government had spent funds to discover key reasons for the disease, here is no methodology to take care of Kidney patients, he added.