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The
National Kidney and Transplant Institute
is a tertiary medical specialty center formerly
known as the National Kidney Foundation
of the Philippines (NKFP) created on January
16, 1981 by virtue of Presidential Decree
1832 signed by then President Ferdinand
E. Marcos. It was created with a three-fold
mission of Service, Training and Research
primarily for the benefit of the Filipino
people afflicted with kidney and allied
diseases and in pursuance of the policy
of the State to secure the well-being of
the people by providing them with the specialized
health and medical services.
The Institute is situated in a 58,899 square meter parcel of land located along East Avenue, Quezon City, near the Quezon City Hall and is accessible to all types of land transportation. NKTI is a three-story edifice which can accommodate 250 patient beds. Presently, the Institute has an actual bed capacity of 247 patient beds.
There are other government hospitals in the neighborhood namely the Lung Center of the Philippines, East Avenue Medical Center, the Philippine Heart Center, the Philippine Children Medical Center and East Avenue Medical Center. Each hospital has its own field of specialization and NKTI is presently the only government hospital specialized in renal diseases and organ transplantation. It is the center for referral of kidney patients from various regional hospitals nationwide and is recognized as the lead agency in voluntary blood services.
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HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE |
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The National Kidney and Transplant Institute’s forerunner was the National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines (NKFP) which was formally crated in January 16, 1981 by virtue of Section I of Presidential Decree 1832. It became operational at the Wing A3 and A4 of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
The cornerstone of the NKFP building in Quezon City was laid by NKFP Chairman, then First Lady Madame Imelda Romualdez Marcos, assisted by the members of the Board of Trustees and world renowned Transplant Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Nephrologists and Immunologists on February 23, 1983.
On this same date, the first kidney transplant at NKFP was performed by Dr. G. Baird Helfirch of Georgetown University in Washington D.C., USA, Dr. Edgar Milford of Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Dr. Barry D. Kahan of the University of Texas Medical School and Organ Transplantation Center.
NKFP was constructed in a unique hospital configuration geared for transplant operations. The Operating room air conditioning system has laminar flow with a high efficiency particulate (HEPA) filter. The laboratory equipment was state-of-the-art with capabilities seen only in the most advanced clinical laboratories in the world.
Soon, under the directorship of Dr. Claver P. Ramos, NKFP embarked on an ambitious kidney transplant project which was made available to all patients from all over the country regardless of social status.
Cyclosporine A, a revolutionary anti-rejection drug was immediately made available through Sandoz Philippines (now Novartis Healthcare). This drug was not yet in the U.S. market at that time and the Philippines was among the first countries in the world to approve its use for transplantation. The hospital churned out transplant research works one after the other that saw publications in the most prestigious transplant journals and presentations in the world transplant congresses.
The first living related kidney transplant was performed at the NKFP operating room on August 5, 1983.
The need for cadaver organs for transplantation was immediately recognized and a directive to start an organ retrieval program was issued. Through the initiatives of then NKFP Director Dr. Claver P. Ramos, Assistant Director Dr. Potenciano Baccay and Transplant Surgeon Dr. Enrique T. Ona, cadaver organ harvest and cadaver kidney transplant had a headstart on December 5 & 6, 1983 respectively. Dr. Antonio R. Paraiso, a Nephrologist was given the task of heading the cadaver program called Cadaver Organ Retrieval Effort (CORE) which was renamed as Human Organ Preservation Effort (HOPE) in 1990. These Transplant Coordinators braved weather and circumstance to promote the program and achieve its goal of providing transplantable organs to end-stage renal disease patients who do not have living related donors.
A change in the leadership of government meant a change in the management of the Institute. The Cory Aquino administration and part of Fidel Ramos term as President saw Dr. Filoteo A. Alano as its Director until he resigned in 1998.
The Institute has since then underwent a series of changes with the energized leadership of the present Executive Director, Dr. Enrique T. Ona, one of the pioneers of transplantation in the Philippines
The bed-capacity of the hospital before Units 5, 6 and 7 were affected by the May 1998 Lung Center burning was 231. An LCP-NKTI connecting passage turned office that H.O.P.E. occupied was totally razed down during the fire. Unit 7, which had the bulk of the charity beds, and part of the Radiology Department were also heavily damaged.
New units with 73 private rooms at the third floor and Out-Patient Services were built to accommodate the ever increasing number of Filipinos suffering from kidney diseases and other ailments. Units at the second floor are being spruced up in conformity with the total face lift that the Institute is undergoing. The NKTI has expanded into a 247 bed-capacity hospital that provides the best facilities for quality tertiary medical services.
The end-section of the 39-bed ward which the PAGCOR constructed for service patients (Unit 2-D) was renovated to give room to the 5-bed Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU).
The Center for Special Services, composed of the Urology Unit, Endoscopy Unit, Chemotherapy/Transfusion/Pain Management Unit and Peritoneal Dialysis Ambulatory Unit has replaced what used to be Unit 7 at the second floor of the annex building.
The new Emergency room complex was specially redesigned to suit its purpose with its 7 bed observation and 9 bed treatment rooms. The Pharmacy and Housekeeping sections were also constructed to pave way for better and faster services.
Annex II, a three-storey building which is separate from the main building, was also constructed. New Doctor’s clinics were built to accommodate more out-patient consultations. The Institute has also expanded and modernized its Dialysis Center. With 31 state-of-the-art hemodialysis machines, the center is capable of doing 2,400 dialysis procedures per month. It is also capable of doing any type of dialysis treatment, custom-fit to the varied clinical conditions that may be encountered in clinical practice.
NKTI is a leader in providing continuing education for young doctors through Internship/Residency/Fellowship programs in the different fields of Medicine. This program is in partnership with the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), and East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC).
To continually develop and upgrade the level of skills of the nurses and other paramedical staff, the Institute developed and established the Institute of Advanced Nursing and Allied Health Professions. It is envisioned to provide and equip our nursing and paramedical staff the necessary training, exposure and skills based on globally accepted standards.
As it was in the earlier days of the NKFP, today, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute is still an institution that every Filipino must be proud of. As the first government hospital to be ISO-9001:2000 certified, it provides top quality care, at par with any treatment found anywhere in the world. Its equipment, manpower and services are of the highest standard. It boasts of the most modern diagnostic techniques in kidney and other related diseases, all modes of dialysis, and surgical procedures, most notably, organ transplantation.
-*These days, kidney transplantation is a regular activity of the hospital. NKTI holds the record of the most number of kidney transplants performed in the country since 1983. Other organ transplants have also been done at the Institute, namely, liver, pancreas, bone marrow and islet cell. Double transplants like liver and kidney, pancreas and kidney are transplant operations which were performed at NKTI long before any other transplant centers in Asia would do it.
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HISTORICAL MILESTONE |
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January 16, 1981 |
Section 1 Presidential Decree
1832 formally creates the National
Kidney Foundation of the Philippines
(NKFP) |
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January 6, 1983 |
The NKFP became operational at wings
A3 and A4 of the Lung Center of the
Philippines |
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February 23, 1983 |
Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos, assisted
by the members of the Board of trustees
and world renowned transplant surgeons
and nephrologists, laid down the cornerstones
of the NKFP |
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The First Living Related Donor
transplant was performed at the Lung
Center operating room |
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April 26, 1983 |
Start of the NKFP Annex building
construction |
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July 31, 1983 |
The construction of the Annex
Building of the NKFP was completed |
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August 5, 1983 |
The first living-related donor
transplant was performed at the NKFP
operating room |
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July 11, 1984 |
Start of the construction
of the Main Building which was completed
in 1985, increasing the bed capacity
of the hospital to 127 beds. |
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November 12, 1986 |
Through Memorandum Order No. 48,
the name of the institution was changed
from the National Kidney Foundation
of the Philippines (NKFP) to the National
Kidney Institute |
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March 3, 1988 |
The first double transplant (kidney
& pancreas) in Asia was performed
at NKI |
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August 6, 1988 |
The first Liver Transplant in the
Philippines was performed at the NKI
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August 6, 1990 |
first Bone-Marrow transplant in the
Philippines was performed at NKI |
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September 18, 1990 |
The first Combined Kidney &
Liver transplant in Asia was performed
at NKI |
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January 7, 1992 |
Republic Act 7170, otherwise known
as the “Organ Donation Act of
1991” was signed into law by Pres.
Corazon C. Aquino |
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June 22, 1992 |
Visit of President-Elect Fidel V.
Ramos |
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1992-1993 |
First Hospital to achieve 100%
voluntary blood donation |
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May 31, 1993 |
Pres. Fidel V. Ramos signed the following
Presidential Decrees: |
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184: Declaring the month of June
of every year as National Kidney Month
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185: Declaring the last week of June
of every year as Organ and Blood Donation
Awareness Week |
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July 29, 1993 |
Memorandum of Agreement signed
by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes,
DOH, and NKI to set-up regional dialysis
centers nationwide |
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February 18, 1994 |
Designated implementing agency of
the DOH National Voluntary Blood Donation
program for year 1994 |
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June 29, 1994 |
Launching of DOH Preventive Nephrology
Project in Malacanang with NKI as
the implementing agency |
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October 24,1994 |
Achieved the 1000 th kidney transplant
at NKI |
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December 14,1994 |
Establishment of NKI as the DOH
Hospital Network Depot for the STOP
D.E.A.T.H. Program |
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May 16, 1995 |
Establishment of NKI as “Healthy
Hospital” (DOH Hospitals as
Centers for Wellness Program) |
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May 25, 1995 |
By virtue of Republic Act No. 8020,
the National Kidney Institute (NKI)
was renamed to be the National Kidney
and Transplant Institute and designated
as the lead center for organ transplantation
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December 5, 1995 |
Awarded Outstanding Hospital in
Sanitation and Waste Management, also
Best Food Sanitation |
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April 12, 1996 |
Together with a team of surgeons
from Taiwan, the first pediatric living-related
liver transplant was performed |
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November 24-26, 1996 |
NKTI was a major participant in
the medical coverage of the delegates
1996 to the APEC
Summit, Dr. Filoteo A. Alano , Executive
Director of NKTI, was assigned to
be the personal physician for President
Bill Clinton of the United States
of America |
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December 4-7, 1997 |
The 5 th Congress of the Asian Society
of Transplantation was held in Manila
with NKTI as a major participant and
host. |
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May 1,1998 |
Ms. Nelia C. Avilla, Nurse Coordinator,
received the 1997-1998 Presidential
Scholarship Award during the 20 th
Annual Convention of the Association
of Donor Recruitment Professionals
at Dallas, Texas, USA |
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June 22,1998 |
NKTI earned “2 Stars”
in the “Star Awards for Quality
Assurance in Hospital” sponsored
by the Department of Health |
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June 22,1999 |
NKTI Radiology Department garnered
the top award in the nationwide DOH
Radiation Health Services “Star
Awards” (4 stars) |
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NKTI Transplant Team performed
the first kidney transplant at Ilocos
Region Medical/Research Center |
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NKTI assist the first kidney transplant
in Davao City |
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July 1999 |
The DOH-NVBSP gave two recognition
awards to NKTI: |
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a. Masigasig Award – for having
the highest number of mass blood donation
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b. Mabuhay Award – for having
the highest number of walk-in donors
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September 30,1999 |
The Division of Pediatrics of
NKTI was chosen 1999 Civil Service
Commission PAGASA Awardee for successfully
organizing the Batong-Bulilit School
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February 8,2000 |
Unveiling of the Institute’s
Vision/Mission Statement |
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June 6, 2000 |
Official launch of the NKTI Website
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June 9, 2000 |
NKTI Transplant Team performed
the first kidney transplant at Bicol
Medical Center in Naga City |
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December 7, 2000 |
Inauguration of the newly established
NKTI Center for Special Services (Urology
Unit, Endoscopy Unit, Chemotherapy/Transfusion
and Pain Management Unit) |
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March 16, 2001 |
NKTI Transplant Team performed the
2 nd Kidney Transplant at Bicol Medical
Center in Naga City |
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March 28, 2001 |
Official launching of the Total Management
Program |
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April 23, 2001 |
The new Out-Patient Services Building
and the additional 73-bed Patient Areas
at the 3 rd floor were formally inaugurated
by her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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June 4, 2001 |
Official launching of ISO 9001:2000
Certification Project |
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June 28, 2001 |
Soft launching of Renal Cookbook
“Secrets Revealed for Healthy
Cooking” by Nutrition and Dietetics
Division |
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June 29, 2001 |
The First Peripheral Blood Stem Cell
Transplant in the country |
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July 27, 2001 |
Blood Bank received the Mabuhay
award plaque and certificates of Masigasig
and Mapag-impok awards during
the DOH National Voluntary Blood Services
Program Awarding Ceremony held at the
World trade Center, Roxas Blvd.
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August 9, 2001 |
Blessing of the newly renovated
Batong-Bulilit Learning & Recreation
Center funded-sponsored by the Manila
Jaycees |
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August 10, 2001 |
NKTI Transplant Team performed
the first Kidney Transplant at Davao
Medical Center in Davao City |
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November 16-17,2001 |
First Post-graduate Course in Transplantation
“The Alphabet of Transplantation”
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November 28, 2001 |
Received the“Star
Awards” (4 stars) / certificate
of recognition for very satisfactory
performance in the implementation of
Quality Assurance-Quality Control program
in the Radiology Department given at
the Manila Midtown Hotel by DOH Radiation
Health Services. |
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28, 2001 |
The 1st High-Intensity
Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Prostate
Cancer in Asia was done
at the NKTI by Dr. Genlinus
Yusi and Dr. Stephan Thuroff. |
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December 5 -7, 2001 |
First National Convention on Disaster
Management by the Health Sector “Strengthened
Health Sector in Emergencies and Disasters”
was held at NKTI |
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December 12, 2001 |
NKTI received the GAWAD OSCAR M.
FLORENDO award for Outstanding Public
Information Program for its entry “Renal
Disease Control Program – Organ
Donation Information Campaign |
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December 19, 2001 |
Blessing of Residents’ Quarters,
Intermediate Care Unit, New Elevator,
etc. |
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February 22, 2002 |
Blessing of the new Millenium VG
Gamma Camera of the Nuclear Medicine
Section |
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February 23, 2002 |
NKTI celebrates the 1 st Transplant
Day Anniversary and 2000 th kidney transplant
count since 1983 |
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February 28,2002 |
NKTI was proclaimed as the 1st Government
Hospital to be ISO 9001:2000 certified
by Technical. Universal. Verifiable.
(TUV) Product Service |
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March 18, 2002 |
Blessing and opening of the new Peritoneal
Dialysis Ambulatory Care Unit, Center
for Special Services, Annex Bldg. |
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June 5, 2002 |
NKTI formally received the ISO
9001:2000 certificate from TUV Product
Service |
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July 29, 2002 |
Blood Bank received the Sandugo
Masigasig, Sandugo Mabuhay, and
Sandugo Mapag-impok awards
during the DOH-National Voluntary
Blood Services program held at Heritage
Hotel. Ms. Nelia Avila, Blood Bank
Coordinator was also given an award
for her outstanding work. |
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August 5, 2002 |
Blessing/Opening of the newly
renovated Emergency Room Department,
Medical Social Service, Unit 2A and
Interns/Nurses Dormitory |
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October 4, 2002 |
The First Kidney Summit was held
at the Clemont Hall, Discovery Suites,
HSBC Building in Pasig City |
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November 29, 2002 |
Received Five Star Award for quality
X-Ray service given by the Department
of Health through its Bureau of Health
Devices and Technology. Awarding ceremony
was held at San Lazaro Hospital, Amphi
Theater. |
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December 12, 2002 |
Blessing of Miggy’s Corner
(Children’s Playground) located
in front of Annex Building II. Sponsored
by Canadian-based life insurance company
Manulife Philippines and the brainchild
of Ms. Cathy Babao-Guballa, founder
of Migi’s Corner Foundation.
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December 18, 2002 |
Blessing of Ablatherm & Mammography
machines |
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May 7, 2003 |
Soft Opening/Blessing of Doctors’
Clinics, Medical Records (Annex II
Building), Housekeeping and Pharmacy
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June 25, 2003 |
20 th Year Anniversary Celebration
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Blessing of the newly renovated Auditorium
II, New Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
New Chapel, and New Expanded Dialysis
Center |
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June 19, 2003 |
First Director’s Cup Golf
Tournament held in Wack Wack Golf
and Country Club |
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August 18, 2003 |
Opening of the New Expanded Dialysis
Center |
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November 2003 to February
2004 |
NKTI Employees undergone Seminar/Workshop
on Personal and
Organizational Values alignment |
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December 16, 2003 |
Blessing of ICU Lounge & CSSR
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February 23-26, 2004 |
First Post-graduate Course and
Workshop on Basic Urologic Laparoscopy
In the country |
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February 24, 2004 |
First live operative demonstration
of hand-assisted laparoscopic donor
nephrectomy in NKTI done by Dr. Arturo
G. Martinez, Director of Renal Transplant
Program, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group,
San Francisco California and Dr. Peter
N. Bretan, Jr., Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Urology, University of
California, San Francisco |
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February 25, 2004 |
First live operative demonstration
of full laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
in the country done by Dr. Howard
Man Ho Lau, Consultant Urologist and
Transplant Surgeon, West Mead Hospital,
Sydney Australia |
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June 4, 2004
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Launching of NKTI Documentary
Film, Renal Cook Book and Training
Module on the Prevention of Kidney
Disease |
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June 28, 2004 |
Blessing of new Ecumenical Chapel,
Doctors’ Lounge, Urology and
Surgery Office, Extra Corporeal Shock
Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL), Medical Conference
Room and Medical Library |
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August 11, 2004 |
Blessing of the new Open Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI), Fluorescence
In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Nutrition
and Dietetics Division (NDD) |
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10, 2004 |
NKTI Bags 3 rd Prize Winner in
the 2004 Search for the Most Outstanding
Quality Improvement Study Contest
conducted by the Philippine Society
for Quality in Health Care (PSQua). |
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17, 2004 |
Renal Disease
Control Program (REDCOP) received
the 13 th Gawad Oscar M. Florendo
Award for Outstanding Public Information
Tool, Print Category at AFPCOC, Tejeros
Hall Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
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| February
23, 2005 |
Blessing and
Opening of Ward 2 E (Annex 1 Building)
and Launching of the Philippine Transplant
Data Base
22nd year Anniversary |
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| April
29, 2005 |
First Post-graduate
course on Molecular Diagnostics in
Oncology. |
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| June
1, 2005 |
Launching of
the new NKTI website |
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7, 2005 |
Establishment
of the Kidney Donor Care Unit |
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| June
18, 2005 |
Blessing and
Opening of the Prostate Health Clinic
(Out-Patient Services) |
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22, 2005 |
Blessing and
Opening of Vascular Laboratory, Wound
and Ostomy Care Clinic |
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| February
23, 2006 |
Blessing of the
New Cafeteria and Launching of the
NKTI Coffee Table Book |
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| March,
2006 |
Blessing of Molecular
and Cellular Therapeutics |
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| June
1, 2006 |
Blessing of Chronic
Kidney Disease Clinic |
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| October
4, 2006 |
Blessing of the
New Laboratory Reception Hall and
Ward 3D |
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| February
19, 2007 |
Blessing of Ward
2C |
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| March
8, 2007 |
First World Kidney Day Celebration
of NKTI |
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| March
10, 2007 |
First Post Graduate Course on Vascular
Access and Management of Access Complications |
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| June
4, 2007 |
Blessing of the Libra 120 Energy Filtering
Transmission Electron Microscope (F10) |
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| September
21, 2007 |
Peace Pole Planting |
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| December
6, 2007 |
Soft Blessing of the newly renovated
PIO, Admitting, Billing and Atrium |
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| January
25, 2008 |
Unveiling of the DNA Fusion Metal
Sculpture |
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| February
22, 2008 |
Cornerstone Laying-Anniversary of
the Institute (Celebrating 25th Year
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| May
21, 2008 |
Blessing and Inauguration of Employees
Lounge |
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| June
16, 2008 |
Formal opening of Employees Lounge |
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| November
20, 2008 |
NKTI received ISO 9001:2000 Re-certification |
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| November
26, 2008 |
NKTI received Center of Wellness Award
given by the Philippine Hospital Association |
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| December
3, 2008 |
Blessing and Inauguration of Dr. Filoteo
A. Alano Auditorium |
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| December
5, 2008 |
- Cornerstone Laying Ceremony of
NKTI Diagnostic Center
- 1st NKTI Director’s Annual
Lecture |
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| March
27, 2009 |
Launching of the First NKTI Total
Laboratory Automation (TLA) |
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| May
27, 2009 |
- The 1st NKTI – Stanford
Teleconference “ Urologic Oncology”
- NKTI received ISO Certification
9001:2008 version |
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| June
17-18, 2009 |
NKTI –PUA First Rafael Buenaventura
Memorial Lecture in Urology |
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| September
8, 2009 |
NKTI Diagnostic Center Topping-Off
Ceremony |
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| September
18, 2009 |
Inauguration of NKTI-Pfizer Virtual
Library (NKTI Library) |
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| September
30, 2009 |
2nd NKTI-Stanford Teleconference “
Pediatric Urology” |
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| December
14, 2009 |
NKTI Medical Lab received ISO 15189:2007
Accreditation |
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| March
10, 2010 |
Blessing and Inauguration of Center
for Urology and Men’s Health |
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| March
24, 2010 |
NKTI hosted the Study Visit of participants
of the global meeting on Public-Private
Partnerships (PPPDays 2010) organized
by the Asian Development Bank and the
Development Academy of the Philippines |
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