Singapore: National Kidney Foundation Warns of Rapidly Rising Renal Failure Cases

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• Singapore: National Kidney Foundation Warns of Rapidly Rising Renal Failure Cases
  by Sherlyn Seah @SherlynSeahCNA, Jalelah Abu Baker @JalelahCNA, https://www.channelnewsasia.com/
  Six people are now diagnosed every day, a three-fold increase from two decades ago, and it is estimated that five dialysis centres need to be built every year to cope with the increase.
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  SINGAPORE: The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has warned of a “kidney tsunami” with the number of renal failure cases in Singapore rising at a rate that will make it hard for the healthcare system to cope. Six people are now diagnosed every day, a three-fold increase from two decades ago.
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  The NKF, which cares for a majority of dialysis patients in the country, treats 600 new patients each year. NKF currently has 41 centres, but with kidney failure cases rising more quickly because of ageing and diabetes, it is estimated that five additional centres need to be built every year.
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  NKF gets about 100 new dialysis applications per month, its chief executive officer Tim Oei told CNA. “That is of grave concern that we see must be addressed and we can’t keep on providing space, neither can the hospitals cope,” he said. Haemodialysis, which NKF provides, has to be done at a centre by a nurse and needs to be done thrice a week, four hours each time, he said.
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