Assistant Program Manager Dr. Susan Jorge of the
National Kidney and Transplant Institute-Renal Disease Control Program
(NKTI-REDCOP) during the Lay Forum on Renal Health and Disease Prevention held
in Butuan City on May 29. She said, as always a healthy lifestyle makes your
kidneys smile. “Our kidney is a vital organ, that's why we should take good
care of it by living a healthy lifestyle," Dr. Jorge said. (Gerie Mae G.
Coco, PIA-Caraga)
Cristina Tumaliuan of National Kidney and Transplant
Institute-Renal Disease Control Program (NKTI-REDCOP) incharge of the
Philippine Renal Disease Registry said during an interview over 107.8 Power FM,
PIA Caraga’s radio station in Butuan City on May 29 that around 142 patients
were recorded to have undergone dialysis in Caraga region in the year 2013.
(Gerie Mae G. Coco, PIA-Caraga)
National Kidney and Transplant Institute-Renal
Disease Control Program (NKTI-REDCOP) program manager Dr. Antonio Paraiso
encourages everyone to take care of the kidneys as a vital organ during the Lay
Forum on Renal Health & Disease Prevention held in Butuan City on May 29.
"We are here to raise awareness among all Filipinos that kidney disease is
common in the Philippines,” Dr. Paraiso said. He further said that kidney
disease is often without symptoms, but it can be prevented and that it can be
treated if diagnosed early. (Gerie Mae G. Coco, PIA-Caraga)
