Around 50 people took a stroll through Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park this morning (Sunday) in the 2025 Kidney Walk.
Today’s event was the 17th annual Kidney Walk held in Prince George.
“The purpose of the Kidney Walk is to raise funds for kidney disease research, public education, and most importantly, support services for kidney patients and their care givers,” said Paul Ravelle, President of the Northern BC Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
Since last year’s walk, Ravelle said the patient training facility in Prince George gas been upgraded, but more renal units are needed in the North.
“There’s 40 units across the province but only four in Northern BC,” he explained.
“So especially in western regions, we’ve only got the one renal unit in Terrace, so it makes it more difficult for patients who are in remote communities to access inpatient care. Ideally, we’d like to have a renal unit in some of the smaller communities, like Smithers, Kitimat, possibly even Haida Gwaii just to service patients better.”
The other three units are located in Prince George, Fort St. John, and Williams Lake.
The walk in Prince George was one of nine held in BC and Yukon.
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