More than 10 million people in Pakistan will be affected by kidney related diseases in their lifetime where stone disease and urinary tract infection are the commonest ailments. Moreover 15,000 patients yearly will suffer from end stage kidney disease requiring expensive dialysis or transplantation.

Patient Population
Years	No. of Patients	Years	No. of Patients
1999	169,000	2004	351,000
2000	191,000	2005	403,488
2001	230,000	2006	491,498
2002	270,000	2007	576,665
2003	313,000