Detect It Early, Save a Kidney: Why KEE Matters Now More Than Ever
Detect It Early, Save a Kidney: Why KEE Matters Now More Than Ever
Helping Hands Charitable Trust
Aug 22, 2025
Introduction
In Kerala, kidney disease often creeps in silently.
By the time symptoms appear, it’s already too late — dialysis, transplants, and long-term dependence on medication become inevitable.
That’s why we started KEE (Kidney Early Evaluation Program) — to find kidney issues before they become kidney failures.
With over 3,00,000 people screened and 2,200+ high-risk cases detected early, KEE is helping people act before it’s too late.
🚨 The Problem: Silent but Deadly
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a growing threat in Kerala due to:
High diabetes and hypertension rates
Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet
Lack of routine screening in rural and underserved areas
Many people with kidney problems show no symptoms until 90% of the kidney is already damaged.
🔬 What KEE Does Differently
KEE takes kidney health to the people — not the other way around.
🚌 Kidney Mobile Lab travels across Kerala
🩺 Free screening camps in villages, schools, workplaces, coastal areas
🧪 Tests for creatinine, blood pressure, sugar, protein in urine
👨⚕️ On-site counselling & referrals to nephrologists if needed
📸 Image Placeholder: KEE Mobile Lab parked at a camp location
💡 A Day That Changed a Life
At a camp in Nilambur, a 42-year-old mechanic, Rajan, walked in “just to check his sugar.”
Within 10 minutes, our team discovered his creatinine was dangerously high — and blood pressure was off the charts.
He was unaware he had Stage 3 kidney disease.
Now, on proper medication and lifestyle changes, he has avoided dialysis.
“You didn’t just test me. You saved my life.” — Rajan, Nilambur
📈 KEE Impact So Far
🧪 3,00,000+ people screened
⚠️ 2,200+ high-risk patients identified early
🏥 Hundreds referred before organ damage progressed
🚌 Camps in 50+ panchayats, urban and coastal slums
🙌 How You Can Support Early Detection
🧪 Sponsor a Camp – ₹6,000 per location
🚑 Fuel the Kidney Mobile – ₹3,000/month
📢 Help Print Educational Materials – ₹2,500 per batch
👩⚕️ Volunteer as a Medical Assistant or Counsellor
Closing Note
A kidney doesn’t speak until it’s in danger.
But with KEE, we’re listening early — and saving lives before they’re even in danger.
Join us in building a healthier Kerala, where early detection becomes everyday wisdom.