National_Kidney_and_Transplant_Institute

National Kidney and Transplant Institute

National Kidney and Transplant Institute

Government hospital in Quezon City, Philippines

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute is a tertiary referral hospital located in Central, Quezon City, Philippines. The hospital opened on January 16, 1981.

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The National Kidney and Transplant Institute, or NKTI, is a tertiary medical specialty center for renal health. The hospital also offers voluntary blood services.

The hospital was formerly known as the National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines (NKFP),[1] and the National Kidney Institute.[2]

Building and location

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute sits in the center of a 58,899-square-meter (633,980 sq ft) lot, along East Avenue in Quezon City.[citation needed]

The Institute itself is 3-storey structure with three buildings (Main, Annex and Dialysis Center) connected to each other. The Main Building houses most of the Cost Centers and where the Administrative offices can be found. The Annex Building encloses the recently opened Marcos Wing and the Radiology Dept (MRI and CT Scan centers), Center for Special Services and also the ER Dept.[citation needed]

Services

In its nearly three decades of operations, NKTI has always aimed for general patient care and the prevention or treatment of renal disease; and gained various achievements: double transplant - kidney & pancreas (first in Asia, March 1988); Kidney - Liver transplant (first in Asia, September 1990); Bone Marrow Transplant (first in the Philippines, August 1990); ISO-Certification (first Government Hospital in the Philippines, February 2003). The institute has continuously maintained various healthcare-related programs such the Human Organ Preservation Effort (HOPE), Voluntary Blood Donation Program (VBDP), Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) and Total Quality Management (TQM)[citation needed]

In January 23, 2024, Bongbong Marcos launched the country’s first Lung Transplant Program at the Lung Center of the Philippines in collaboration with the Institute.[3]

Gate

References

  1. [1]
    "Memorandum Order No. 48, s. 1986". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. November 12, 1986. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8020 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE NATIONAL KIDNEY INSTITUTE TO NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. May 25, 1995. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Mangaluz, Jean (January 23, 2024). "Marcos leads launching of Lung Transplant Program of LCP-NKTI". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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