IN line with President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.'s assurance of continuous expansion in health care benefits despite zero subsidy, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has substantially enhanced its Z Benefit Package for peritoneal dialysis (PD), this time with separate packages for adult and pediatric patients effective Jan. 1, 2025.

According to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, PD is a form of renal replacement therapy (RRT) where the patient's own peritoneal membrane or lining of abdominal organs and body surfaces within the abdominal cavity is used as an artificial kidney.