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NKF’s nominated caregiver and patient Mdm Lee Hock Eng and Mr Michael Lee, were honoured for their courageous journeys, service to others, and inspiring resilience at the Singapore Health Inspirational Patient & Caregiver Awards 2026.

Mdm Lee Hock Eng, 78, has been a devoted caregiver to her daughter for the past 40 years, supporting her through various health conditions. Her determination to care for her only daughter has remained unwavering even as she struggles with her own health. In recognition of her love and courage, she received the Inspirational Caregiver Award 2026.

Mr Michael Lee, 70, is a resilient musician who continues to pursue his passion for music, bringing joy to the public and fellow patients, despite living with kidney failure and balancing the demands of dialysis, enduring a painful divorce, and housing instability. In recognition of his resilience, perseverance, and commitment to inspiring others, he received the Inspirational Patient Award 2026.

NKF received 4 Star Awards, 24 Gold Awards and 62 Silver Awards.

Senior Dietitian Lim Guat Pheng, Nurse Manager Mar Mar Aung, Nurse Manager Pang Get Sun and Senior Exercise Specialist Travis Wong were the recipients of the Star Awards. They have consistently received compliments from patients and family members, spearheaded and participated in projects to enhance care, and even gone the extra mile to serve our patients. Together, these awards reflect NKF’s unwavering commitment towards Giving Life & Hope for our patients and their families.

NKF Senior Dietitian Liang Zet Hui received a Gold Individual Award for her leadership and commitment in transforming nutrition care for our dialysis patients through the Eat Smart Move More programme.

Gold Team Awards were awarded for the following:

• Speech-To-Text Project, led by Wendy Tan, Saiful Nizam, Daniel Lee and Norshaqilah Binte Zabah from Community Care
• Community-based model of care to reduce hospital referrals for tunnelled haemodialysis catheter (THC) dysfunction, led by Lucy Lu, Pauline Tan from Nursing Services, and NKF Medical Director A/Prof Jason Choo in partnership with Dr Tan Ru Yu from SGH
• The Use of Plastic Cannulas in Patients Undergoing In-Centre Nocturnal Haemodialysis, led by Judy Zhang, Lucy Lu, Maynard Urmatan, Sobhana Kumari, Angie Chua and Pauline Tan from Nursing Services

22 representatives from the Nursing and Community Care teams received the Community Care Manpower Development Awards.

NKF, SGH and MOH NIU received the Excellence Champion Medal at the National HIP Medals 2025. The joint project, “BLAST and CLEAR Catheter in the Community”, was acknowledged for exceptional innovation, productivity, sustainability and scale in the areas of care redesign and workforce transformation. The prestigious accolade underpins NKF’s collaborative efforts with healthcare partners to enhance community dialysis care by reducing hospital admission and readmissions, thereby enabling a better quality of life for dialysis patients.

NKF’s Senior Nurse Manager Ms Loong Sai Wah, Nurse Managers Ms Mar Mar Aung and Ms Smitha James received the Ministry of Health (MOH) Nurses’ Merit Award 2025, in recognition of their steadfast commitment to delivering person-centred dialysis care and inspiring leadership in nursing practice.

NKF Medical Director A/Prof Jason Choo, Chief Nurse Pauline Tan and Senior Nurse Manager Lucy Lu, together with SGH and MOH NIU, received the IPSQ Poster Excellence Award and Patients as Partners-in-Improvement Special Recognition Award at the SingHealth Duke – NUS Quality & Innovation Day 2025. This award is in recognition of the joint project “Upskilling Community Dialysis Nurses to BLAST & CLEAR Tunnelled Haemodialysis Catheter (THC) occlusion”. The accolade reaffirms NKF’s shared commitment with our partners to shaping a healthcare system that truly reflects the needs and voices of our renal patients.