Pakistan ranks eight in the list of countries with a high rate of kidney diseases, with 17 million people suffering from such diseases. (Gulf news-March 13 2019) The overall Chronic kidney disease prevalence among Pakistani adults was 21.2%. According to high quality studies, highest CKD prevalence in Pakistan was reported as 29.9% -(bmc-nephrol-2018) .

Pakistan is located on the stone belt with high incidence of Kidney stones. It is unfortunate that this highly reversible cause of kidney injury still accounts 8-10 % of the CKD patients in Pakistan mainly due to late treatment compared to only 2% in USA. (Pakistan society of nephrology) In Pakistan, the kidney and bladder cancer are spreading at an alarming rate because of lack of awareness, pollution and contamination of food and water. Most of these patients present late at an incurable stage.

Pakistan is a poor country with 60.3% of population living under $2 a day. We live in a country where even basic health facilities are lacking. Government hospitals are overburdened and inefficient. According to World Bank statistics, there are only 0.8 physician, 0.6 nurses and 0.6 hospital bed for every 1000 Pakistanis.

Considering his moral obligation towards his home land, Dr Saeed Akhter decided to come back and work again in Pakistan. He decided to re-activate the PKI again. He mobilizes the former

team members and signed a M-O-U with PAF hospital in April 2020, to deliver the best services to deserving patients. Even in this crucial situation of COVID-19, Pakistan Kidney Institute is still actively treating the poor kidney patients at PAF Hospital. In the past 14 months, the total number of 574 patients have been treated including 266 minor and major surgeries which include complex cancer surgeries and renal transplants

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