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After two consecutive increases in its hemodialysis benefit package within a three-month period in 2024, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced that total financial assistance has now reached nearly one million pesos per patient annually. (PhilHealth)  In a...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should increase its coverage for outpatient hemodialysis to a maximum of 156 sessions for next year, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said. Go noted that currently PhilHealth members and their dependents who are diagnosed with stage 5 chronic kidney...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- At the age of 85, Uruguayan Olga Diaz's kidneys are failing -- she was beginning to despair at her bleak future, kept alive by 12 hours of dialysis per week. Bandoneonists Abril Farolini, 22, Ramiro Hernández, 35, and singer Paola Larrama, 37, perform at the dialysis room...

The first modular hemodialysis facility at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City has been completed. HEMODIALYSIS FACILITY-- The first modular hemodialysis facility at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City will soon be operational following...