Photo shows the turnover ceremony for the off-site modular hemodialysis facility and dormitory of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute with key officials led by (from left) DoH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega, DoH Secretary Francisco Duque III; Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, NKTI Executive Director Rose Marie Rosete-Liquete; National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) Deputy Chief Iimplementer Vivencio Dizon (blocked behind Mark Villar); IATF Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr., Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, and DPWH Secretary Mark Villar.
THE National Kidney and Transplant Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Health, the Department of Public Works and Highways, and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease inaugurated its new off-site modular hemodialysis facility for dialysis patients afflicted with Covid-19 in the morning of May 5.
As part of its commitment to protect and improve the health of people around the world, B. Braun Avitum Philippines Inc., the largest hemodialysis company in the country, entered into an agreement with NKTI under its tender process to provide hemodialysis machines, supplies as well as manpower to operate the hemodialysis Covid-19 facility.