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Low-cost COVID-19 test developer among 11 Filipinos in top 100 Asian scientists

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 04:30 AM

The scientist behind the Philippines' first locally developed testing kit for COVID-19 is one of 11 other Filipinos recognized as part of Asia's "most outstanding researchers" for the year by a regional science magazine. Read more »

QC Task Force evicts settlers in contested NKTI grounds

Mark Demayo ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 09:10 PM

A commotion ensues between the Quezon City Task Force Control and Prevention of Illegal Structures and Squatting and Atty. Noel Valerio, representing one of the claimants of the commercial area near the National Kidney Transplant Institute facing Elliptical Road in Quezon City on Thursday. Read more »

Epekto ng MECQ sa bilang ng kaso ng COVID-19 'di pa ramdam sa mga ospital

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 07:05 PM

MAYNILA - Sa kabila ng umiiral na modified enhance community quarantine, tila hindi pa rin bumababa ang bilang ng COVID-19 patients na nangangailangang mai-admit sa ospital. Read more »

Peritoneal dialysis itinutulak ngayong may pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 03:14 PM

Ipinaliwanag ng head ng hemodialysis unit ng National Kidney and Transplant Institute ang isang paraan ng pagda-dialysis na hindi na kailangang magpunta ng ospital. Read more »

John Regala transferred to Kidney Institute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 01:54 PM

Actor John Regala has been transferred to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City, where he will undergo a series of medical tests and treatments as he battles liver cirrhosis. Read more »

A COVID patient goes home after a rare double-lung transplant

Denise Grady, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 31 02:32 AM

Ramirez is one of a small but growing number of patients whose lungs have been destroyed by the coronavirus and whose only hope of survival is a lung transplant. Read more »

NKTI resumes transplant activities to lessen dialysis patients: director

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 11:21 AM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) has resumed its transplant activities to decrease the number of dialysis patients, its chief said Wednesday. Read more »

NKTI health workers hold silent protest

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 03:10 PM

National Kidney and Transplant Institute workers conduct a silent protest over current health and working conditions in the hospital in Quezon City on Saturday Read more »

'Capacitate other centers' as Kidney Institute reaches full capacity

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 04:26 PM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) on Wednesday hopes that other coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID0-19) referral centers would be capacitated to accept patients, including those for dialysis, as the hospital continues to run on full capacity.   Read more »

Kidney Institute declares full capacity for COVID-19 cases, appeals for help

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 12:58 PM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) on Monday appealed to government for assistance as it reached its full capacity to accept COVID-19 patients. Read more »

Kidney Institute's COVID-19 bed capacity reaches 'danger zone'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 08:21 AM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) said Tuesday its bed capacity for patients with the novel coronavirus disease had reached a "danger zone," even as cases of the respiratory disease in the country continued to spike. Read more »

HIV patient 'first in remission' without transplant

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 10:30 PM

A HIV-positive man in remission may be the first patient effectively cured of the illness without needing a bone marrow transplant, researchers said Tuesday in a potential breakthrough. Read more »

Double-lung transplant on COVID-19 patient offers hope for others

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 05:14 AM

A woman in her 20s has become the first person in the United States to receive a double-lung transplant for COVID-19, offering hope for other critically-ill coronavirus patients, her doctor said Thursday.   Read more »

Typhoon Ambo destroys some tents at Kidney Institute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 09:57 AM

Typhoon Ambo destroyed some tents that COVID-19 patients used at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, a doctor there said Tuesday.  Read more »

23 staff ng NKTI tinamaan ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 07:28 PM

Tinamaan na rin ng coronavirus disease ang ilang health worker sa National Kidney Transplant Institute. Read more »

NKTI reiterates no more room for COVID-19 patients; dialysis services only for PUIs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 05:48 PM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) on Tuesday reiterated its policy of admitting only persons under investigation (PUIs) of COVID-19 who need dialysis, and not those already afflicted with the respiratory disease.  Read more »

Robredo: More dormitories available for COVID-19 frontliners in Metro Manila, nearby provinces

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 04:43 AM

MANILA -- Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday said that more dormitories for frontliners are being provided in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. Read more »

Into the night

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 08:42 PM

Frontline health personnel from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute triage attend to patients coming into the hospital for treatment on Sunday. Read more »

NKTI: We will only accept PUIs who need dialysis, not patients with COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 05:54 PM

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City will only accept persons under investigation (PUIs) who need dialysis, and not patients positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to its medical director. Read more »

Injured soldier has functional penis 1 year after first-of-its-kind transplant

Gene Emery, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 05:26 AM

“The patient has returned to school full-time and continues to live independently using leg prostheses. He reports an improved self-image and ‘feeling whole’ again and states that he is very satisfied with the transplant and the implications it carries for his future.”   Read more »