星期二特写 | 非凡的告白 - 生命之旅 (Tuesday Report: Unusual Confessions - The Journey of Life)

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死亡气味、标本 提醒生命可贵 (Tuesday Report – Unusual Confessions: Smell of death, taxidermy specimens are reminders that life is precious)

基因检测有助诊治管理遗传性肾病 (Genetic testing helps diagnose and manage hereditary kidney disease)

​In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao, A/Prof Ng Kar Hui, Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, KTP-NUCMI, NUH, shared that only four to five patients out of over 20 people eligible for genetic testing in her care opt for genetic testing. She highlighted that genetic testing done in the early stage can help to identify genes that may cause kidney failure later in life. Preventive measures can then be taken, which may potentially delay kidney failure by 20 to 30 years. 

He donated part of his liver for a baby he didn’t know, and found a family in the process

​An article about how Mr Sakthibalan Balathandautham had donated part of his liver to a baby he had never met before mentioned that the organ transplant arrangements and surgery were done at NUH.

New way of preserving kidneys for transplant trialled successfully at NUH

​ST highlighted that hypothermic machine perfusion has been trialled successfully in three patients at NUCOT since October 2022. The new organ preservation method helps to ensure that the quality of the donated kidney remains optimal before transplantation.

Child liver transplant recipient still keeps in touch with doctors 25 years later

​38-year-old Madam Raziah Begum Alamgir shared how her life has transformed since a life-saving transplant at NUH in 1995.  The first successful child liver transplant recipient in Singapore, Mdm Raziah expressed her gratitude to Emeritus Consultant Prof Prabhakaran Krishnan from the department of paediatric surgery, and Emeritus Consultant Prof Quak Seng Hock from the paediatric liver transplantation programme at what is now known as NUCOT, NUH. She feels blessed and continues to keep in touch with the doctors who treated her, highlighting that the procedure gave her a new lease of life.

全身脱皮痛至哭喊 印尼血癌女童来新治疗 (Indonesian girl with blood cancer comes to Singapore for treatment)

​A four-year-old Indonesian patient with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia type NF1, a rare type of blood cancer, suffered severe complications and rejection after two attempts of bone marrow transplants overseas. On the advice of her doctor, the young patient came to NUH for treatment on 12 February and her family is currently raising funds through the crowdfunding platform Give.asia.

Tabah hadapi dugaan kesihatan pada usia muda (Persevering in the face of health challenges at a young age)

Berita Harian’s full-page feature on two paediatric transplant patients – Mdm Raziah Begum Alamgir and Ms Dian Zuhairah Wydatie – highlighted how both received successful transplant procedures at a young age at NUCOT, NUH, and have since recovered and gone on to lead fulfilling lives.

接受本地首例已故供体肾脏低温机械灌注移植 烘焙师告别洗肾日子 (Baker bids farewell to dialysis after being first to receive kidney using hypothermic machine perfusion in Singapore)

NUCOT performed the first case of hypothermic machine perfusion in a deceased donor kidney transplant on 6 October 2022. The new organ preservation method uses a hypothermic perfusion machine, which helps to reduce the risk of delayed graft function and ensure that the quality of the donated kidney remains optimal before transplantation.

本地首例！国大医院以低温机械灌注仪器保存死者肾脏 移植到患者体内 (First case in Singapore, NUH uses Hypothermic Machine Perfusion equipment to preserve deceased donor kidney and transplant it into patient)

​NUCOT performed the first case of hypothermic machine perfusion in a deceased donor kidney transplant on 6 October 2022. The new organ preservation method uses a hypothermic perfusion machine, which helps to ensure that the quality of the donated kidney remains optimal before transplantation.

专家：低钠盐对健康有益 但并不适合所有人食用 (Experts: Low-sodium salt has its benefits but it is not for everyone)

​Dr Emmett Wong Tsz Yeung, Consultant in NUH’s Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and Adult Kidney Transplantation Programme, NUCOT, explained that low-sodium salt, in which sodium is replaced by potassium, may not be suitable and could sometimes be life-threatening for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Consuming such low-sodium salt may result in high potassium levels in these patients, leading to consequences such as muscle weakness, cardiac arrhythmia and even sudden death.  

துவாழ்வு நரம் உறுப்பு தாளம் (Organ donation gives new life)

​A/Prof Shridhar Ganpathi Iyer, Senior Consultant, Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Surgical Director of the Adult Liver Transplantation Programme, NUCOT, said that since the outbreak of COVID-19, the number of people coming forward to donate organs has dropped. He said the average waiting time in Singapore for a kidney transplant from a deceased donor is nine years. NUH patients Satya and Diksha Anand have kidney failure. Diksha had dialysis at NUH Children’s Kidney Centre three times a week for nearly four hours each time. In 2018 when Diksha was 10, she received kidneys from a deceased donor. Satya still undergoes peritoneal dialysis while waiting for a kidney transplant.

• Tamil Murasu Online, துவாழ்வு நரம் உறுப்பு தாளம் (Organ donation gives new life)
  

உடற்குறை ஒரு தடையல்ல (Disability is not a barrier)

​For the last 22 years, the Shaw-NKF-NUH Children's Kidney Centre (CKC) has been organising a special camp for children with chronic kidney conditions and transplants. Led by Prof Yap Hui Kim, Head and Emeritus Consultant, Division of Paediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Department of Paediatrics, KTP-NUCMI, NUH, the camp offered participants a rare stay-in camp experience equipped to meet their treatment needs with more than 20 doctors, 10 nurses and other health professionals on site.

20-year-old participant-turned-organiser Satya, who requires peritoneal dialysis and has attended the camp for eight years, explained that the camp allowed him to meet others like himself. His father, Mr Anand, said that the camp offered participants the opportunity to learn to live independently, away from their parents. 

疫情后首次回到实体模式 年轻肾病患者体验露营乐趣 (Young patients with chronic kidney conditions experience the fun of camping in first physical camp since COVID-19 outbreak)

The Shaw-NKF-NUH Children's Kidney Centre (CKC) organised a three-day-two-night camp, offering children with chronic kidney conditions and transplants a rare stay-in camp experience equipped to meet their treatment needs.