[The "National Kidney Foundation": a new experience in Saudi Arabia].

The nephrology is a new field in Saudi Arabia, the National Kidney Foundation was established in 1986 to look after the renal patients, and supply the renal centers with the medical staff, equipment and consumable materials. The National Kidney Foundation established criteria for acceptance of cadaver donors, criteria for priority patients for transplantation, and brain death policy and protocol. One of the main functions that National Kidney Foundation will carry on is the task of matching kidney donors and recipients. In order to do this, a major computer terminal have been established connected with 21 terminals in the major hospitals. All patients on dialysis have been entered and registered in the Computer program. This gives a chance to proper statistical reports graphs and better coordination in renal transplantation.