The SIA-NKF Dialysis Centre is a dialysis centre in Toa Payoh, Singapore, and was the first dialysis centre outside of a hospital in Singapore.[1]
The SIA-NKF Dialysis Centre, short for the Singapore Airlines-National Kidney Foundation Dialysis Centre, was opened on 24 December 1987 by then second deputy prime minister Ong Teng Cheong.[2] The dialysis centre offered dialysis at cheaper costs as compared to treatments at private hospitals.[3] The dialysis centre was sponsored by Singapore Airlines, who donated either $223,000, $233,000, or $250,000 to set up the centre.[3][4][5] The centre cost $400,000 to construct.[6] It was originally speculatd that the centre was to be located in Ang Mo Kio.[7][8] However, the dialysis centre ended up being located in the void deck of 220 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh instead.[4] Besides being the first kidney dialysis centre outside of a hospital in Singapore, it was also possibly the first one in Southeast Asia.[9] However, initially, the centre could only accommodate for 40 patients a month.[9]
The dialysis centre has been included in the Toa Payoh Heritage Trail by the National Heritage Board.[3]
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