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Beating the odds with 38 years of dialysis
Singapore's longest-surviving dialysis patient has lived three times longer than expected
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The NKF centre in Clementi has been Mr Richard Tay's second home for the last 28 years. He counts adhering to his dialysis treatment, a strict diet and exercise as the reasons for his longevity.
PHOTO: GIN TAY FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
Janice Tai
Mr Richard Tay, 57, has spent more than 20,000 hours, or 833 days, in a dialysis chair for treatment and endured over 10,000 needle pricks to his left upper arm.
He has been a dialysis patient for 38 years, making him the longest-surviving dialysis patient in Singapore. The current Guinness World Record for the longest time a person had dialysis is 42 years and 85 days, held by Mr Mahesh Mehta from London who died last year.
