Patient Stories

"Doctors had already told me two years ago that my kidneys were failing but I refused to heed their advice to prepare for dialysis. Eventually, I collapsed and had a heart attack. Back then, I felt that I was already old. At 69 years old, why would I want to p...

Madam Yip Fong Kuen, 73, is a boisterous lady who lights up the room with her smile and infectious laughter. However, she was a lot less lively a few months back when she was struggling to get around. As an avid cook, she found herself struggling to make the t...

"In 1989, I was diagnosed with lupus (when the immune system in one’s body attacks the tissues and organs) which caused me to have kidney failure two years later. I was devastated. I was only 16 and still in school. I wanted to die. But my mum told me not to g...

"Despite my mother’s reservations, I pursued my dream and joined the nursing profession in 1991. Little did I know then that one day, my training as a nurse would come in handy. As my parents became frailer in old age, I took on the role of a caregiver, tak...

Newly diagnosed kidney failure patients are required to go through a procedure to connect an artery and vein to create a fistula (vascular access) to allow a large flow of blood to carry out haemodialysis. The fistula takes about three months to mature before ...