Kidney diseases

Wait list for kidney hits 10-year high; NKF actively encouraging living donor transplants

Kelly Chua (right) donated her left kidney in August 2025 to Tan Xin Yi, her close friend since they were students at Ngee Ann Secondary School.

‘Has your existence benefited anyone?’: Gerard Ee on legacy and a life of service

Mr Gerard Ee stepped down as chairman of the Agency for Integrated Care and as a board member of MOH Holdings, closing the chapter on his official commitments.

NKF sets up mock home at Sengkang centre to help patients adjust to home dialysis

To boost the home dialysis rate, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), has introduced a PD Home Experience set-up located at its Sengkang dialysis centre.

In a first, a pig kidney kept a patient alive until he got a human one

Tim Andrews received a genetically modified pig kidney on Jan 25, 2025, and lived with it for nine months.

New scheme offers patients in Jurong with serious organ failure more help at home

(From left) Loving Heart community health head Elaine Ho, Loving Heart volunteer Germaine Soh and Ranjit Kaur, a care connector under the new scheme.

NKF pushes for more sustainable dialysis to reduce carbon footprint and ease staff’s back pain

Nurse Chembali Ambujakshan Dhanyamol, tops up the acid concentrate for the Haemodialysis machine, for a patient at NKF. The introduction of the Centralised Acid Concentrate Delivery System system has reduced the need for caregivers to carry the acid concentrate containers, and in turn the medical waste generated.

Kidney patient’s son carries on legacy of donating to NKF

SUTL chairman and chief executive Arthur Tay continues his father’s legacy of supporting NKF’s dialysis and sustainability efforts.

NKF lowers malnutrition risk among its patients by putting protein first

NKF principal dietitian Yee Chooi Fong explaining protein requirements to Neo Ah Lek at NKF’s 633 Ang Mo Kio Dialysis Centre on June 24.

Wong Kim Hoh Meets...

Why the man leading NKF has always believed in playing the long game

As NKF chairman, Ang Hao Yao is betting on patience and prevention to tackle chronic kidney disease, one of Singapore’s fastest-growing health crises.

NKF, other dialysis providers help kidney patients find jobs and sense of purpose

Azliza Aman (left), 57, and N Nantahkumaran, 45, found part time employment to not only provide for their families but also to be able to go for regular dialysis to preserve their lives.

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