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NKF肾脏活体捐赠援助基金

自70年代起,NKF就不断地致力于推广肾脏移植,包括促进有关法令的通过,大大提高人们对肾脏移最好的选择,因为病人的生活素质和存活率都会较好植的意识。为了更好地推广以及惠及更多人,NKF拨出1千万元设立了“肾脏活体捐赠援助基金”。活体肾脏移植是治疗肾衰竭。

常见问题

1. 什么是NKF肾脏活体捐赠援助基金?

这项1千万元的基金,主要是为有需要的肾脏捐赠者提供经济上的援助。该计划配合人体器官移植法案的修正案,于2009年11月1日推出。

2. 谁有资格申请这笔肾脏活体捐赠援助基金?

只有被重组医院推介,并通过NKF支付能力调查的新加坡公民和永久居民才有资格申请这笔资金。为了鼓励更多活体肾脏捐献,只需病人通过支付能力调查就可获得援助,捐肾者不必接受调查。

3. 基金涵盖项目包括什么?

基金涵盖了以下资助:

  • 每名病人若有超过一人有意捐肾给他,NKF将为多达两名有意捐肾者提供身体检查和评估测试
  • 支付每年由重组医院医生推荐的体检和跟进检查的费用
  • 一次过支付最高两个月的薪水或8,500新元补还,(以较低者为准),以补偿捐献者在手术期间失去的收入
  • 支付住院和手术的保费,以基本健保双全(Basic MediShield )保费为准
  • 为捐献者购买集体保险,保死亡、终身残废和30 种严重疾病,赔偿额20万元
4. 集体保险涵盖那些疾病?

1. 心脏病发作
2. 癌症
3. 多发性硬化
4. 失明
5. 麻痹
6. 暴发性肝炎
7. 脑卒中
8. 肾衰竭
9. 主要器官移植
10. 冠状动脉疾病
11. 阿尔茨海默病
12. 主动脉外科
13. 昏迷
14. 耳聋
15. 心脏瓣膜手术

16. 失去言语能力
17. 严重烧伤
18. 末期疾病
19. 再生障碍性贫血
20. 原发性肺动脉高压
21. 慢性肺疾病
22. 慢性肝病
23. 运动神经元疾病
24. 肌肉萎缩症
25. 帕金森病
26. 血管成形术
27. 细菌性脑膜炎
28. 良性脑肿瘤
29. 脑炎
30.因输血而引起的艾滋病

5. 集体保险何时开始生效?

在受保人批准下,保险会在肾移植手术后的12周生效。

6. 捐赠者是否需要为购买集体保险付费?

通过了NKF支付能力调查和年龄标准的捐赠者将完全由NKF替代支付集体保险费用。

7. 捐赠者可受保至何时?

集体保险将保障捐赠者直到他/她的69岁生日为止。比如:如果捐赠者在保险生效时是50岁,他/她将在未来的19年受保 (69岁为集体保险的年龄限制)。

8. 如果移植手术失败了,谁来资助捐献者?

每一位捐赠者都应在手术之前确定自己受保于终身健保的保障,支付有关住院和手术费。若他们通过支付能力调查,NKF可为他们支付保费。

9. 如果1千万元基金耗尽,是否会再添加?

这1千万元基金来自NKF现有的剩余资金。如果基金耗尽,NKF将为基金举行筹款。

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肾脏移植

肾脏移植是目前最好治疗肾衰竭的方式,因为“替代肾脏”可以完全取代衰竭肾脏的机能,让病人过上正常的生活。

感恩重启第二次生命

我们的病人和他们的亲人将与您分享他们的非凡的经历。他们的故事赋予了在肾脏移植旅途中等待的病人力量,并给予生命和希望。

肾脏移植病人要如何吃得健康?

健康、平衡的饮食对维持肾脏的整体健康、维护肾脏的健康起着非常重要的作用。

肾脏移植病人应该如何保持身体活跃?

运动有助于改善身体的心血管功能,调节肾脏移植病人的血压和血糖。
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FAQ

General Enquiries

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NKF HQ Mondays –Thursdays
Fridays
PH / Weekends
8.30am –6.00pm
8.30am –5.00pm
Closed
Dialysis Centres Mondays –Saturdays
Sundays
PH
7.00am –11.00pm
Closed
7.00am –11.00pm

We are open on most public holidays except for the 1st day of Chinese New Year.

NKF does not provide ad hoc dialysis treatment. Our patients are on long-term dialysis treatment. You may wish to check with private dialysis centres for ad hoc dialysis treatments.

NKF does not have an outpatient clinic and hence, we are unable to arrange an appointment for members of the public. You may wish to contact a hospital of your choice for outpatient service.

Currently, NKF does not provide health report interpretation service. You may consult your General Practitioner who will be able to assist you.

Someone with kidney failure may not experience any signs and symptoms until it is too late. It is best to do a routine health screening to understand your health status better and detect any abnormalities as early as possible so that you can delay and manage the disease progression.

To know about the signs and symptoms please click here to learn more.

Decreased urination Swollen hands and ankles Sleep disturbances
Blood in the urine (tea-coloured or fresh blood) Puffiness around the eyes High blood pressure
Nausea and vomiting Itching Loss of appetite

All dialysis centres operate on 3 dialysis shifts –morning, noon and evening.

Morning Noon Evening
7.00am –12.00pm 12.00pm – 6.00pm 6.00pm –11.00pm
Timing of your dialysis schedule may vary for each dialysis centres.
Schedules
Monday, Wednesday and Friday (1,3,5) OR Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (2,4,6)

Admissions

Our Admissions Counsellor will contact you once your application is finalised. They will be in contact with you soon.

From the day we receive the application form, it will take approximately 3 working days to a week for us to get back to you if you have submitted all completed supporting documents together with your application form to us. Generally, the whole process will take 6 months for the approval.

The overall application review process will take approximately 6 months before the applicant can start the first dialysis treatment. However, if the applicant is able to provide all completed supporting documents and if there is a slot available at the dialysis centre with a right match to the time slot, the waiting time could be shorter.

Currently, we do not have status checking service online. NKF Admissions Counsellor will be in contact with the applicants regarding the status.

You may pick it up from the NKF main office at 81 Kim Keat Road, Singapore 328836 or call us at 6506 2187 to have the forms sent to you.

Means Test is used to determine the amount of subsidies each person needing care is eligible for. Persons from lower income households will be granted higher subsidies under the means test framework.

Means Test subsidies calculation is based in accordance to MOH guidelines.

Our NKF Admissions Counsellor in-charge will contact you in regards to your means test status.

The Medical Social Workers at your hospital will be able to advise you on the different type of subsidies based on your financial situation.

Kidney Live Donor Support Fund

For information on kidney donation in Singapore, you may wish to contact the National Organ Transplant Unit at Tel: 6321 4390 or email organ.transplant@notu.com.sg.

NKF’s Kidney Live Donor Support Fund covers annual health screenings and medical follow-ups; one-time reimbursement for loss of 2 months actual income of $8,500, whichever is lower: reimbursement of hospitalisation and surgical insurance premiums (capped at MediShield Life premiums); pre-transplant screening and evaluation costs for up to 2 potential donors per kidney recipient; and insurance coverage for Group Living. Policy based on sum insured of $200,000.

For more information and eligibility, please click here. 

Donation & Volunteering

You can make the donation through different platforms:

  1. For online donation: please visit https://nkfs.org/support-us/donation-programmes/
  2. Or you may like to issue a cheque made payable to “The National Kidney Foundation” or “NKF” and mail it to us at 81 Kim Keat Road, Singapore 328836.
  3. Alternatively, you may contact us at 1800-KIDNEYS (5436397) or email us at lifedrops@nkfs.org to send you the donation form.
  4. Road Singapore 328836.

Thank you for your generosity. The cheque should be issued to “The National Kidney Foundation” or “NKF”.

Thank you for bequeathing your CPF contributions to NKF. You can fill up the CPF nomination form which can be downloaded from the CPF website. NKF’s UEN is 200104750M.

Thank you for your generosity. You may like to visit the Ministry of Law’s website where you can find a list of lawyers based in Singapore. Please visit https://eservices.mlaw.gov.sg/lsra/search-lawyer-or-law-firm/

Our UEN/ Company Registration No. / GST Registration No. is 200104750M.

Please send us an email at lifedrops@nkfs.org or call us at 1800-KIDNEYS (5436397) and we will assist you accordingly.

You may email your new mailing address to lifedrops@nkfs.org , Please include your full name, contact number, old mailing address and UEN or NRIC/FIN (last 3 digits)

You may email us at lifedrops@nkfs.org to get the donation form. Please fill up your new GIRO/credit card number, donation amount and sign the form. Thereafter, post the GIRO form back to NKF for processing.

For credit card, you may wish to scan the form and send it to NKF via either of these options:

Email – lifedrops@nkfs.org

Fax – 6253 0417

Mail – 81 Kim Keat Road, Singapore 328836

Please email us at lifedrops@nkfs.org with your full name, UEN/NRIC/FIN and mailing address.

Please email us at lifedrops@nkfs.org to have the termination form sent to you. Please fill it up and send it back to us for processing and auditing purposes.

All outright cash donations to NKF are entitled to tax deduction because NKF is a registered charity with an IPC (Institutions of Public Character) status. We are able to issue tax deductible receipts for qualifying donations to our donors.

You are entitled to a tax deduction of 2.5 times the value of your donation in the preceding year.

You may sign up via our website at https://onlinereg.nkfs.org/vms/volunteerapplicationform.aspx.

If you do not have access to the internet, please call us at 1800-KIDNEYS (5436397) to have the application form sent to you. Please fill it up and send it back to us at 81 Kim Keat Road Singapore 328836.

Once we receive your application, our colleague from the Donor and Volunteer Management Department will contact you for a phone interview. After which, you will be invited to attend our volunteer orientation. This is to allow you to have a better understanding of the volunteering activities.

The minimum age is 13 years old. For volunteers who are below the age of 21, you will need to get parental consent. You may download the consent form here.

We strongly encourage our volunteers to commit at least a year so that we can better support our patients. Our programmes and activities are flexible, you can choose your volunteering schedule according to your interest and availability.

You may volunteer with us basing on your availability. We will send a weekly email to our volunteers indicating the up-coming volunteering opportunities. You can then match your availability to the activity schedule.

We have an array of volunteering activities to suit your interest and availability. To learn more about the volunteering activities we offer, please visit https://nkfs.org/support-us/volunteer-programmes/.

Anyone and everyone can join us as a volunteer. All applicants will be required to undergo a mandatory orientation session where you will gain insights into the Foundation’s cause, kidney disease as well as learn more about the volunteering activities we offer. Regular trainings are also conducted for all volunteers so that they can better perform their role.

Most definitely! We welcome schools, companies and community groups to volunteer with us as part of their Values In Action and Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Please get in touch with us on your interest by sending an email to volunteer@nkfs.org.

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Thank you for visiting our website.

Please be informed that our online donation will be temporarily unavailable on Tuesday, 17th December 2024, from 03:00 AM to 05:00 AM
 for maintenance.

If you have any donation inquiries during this time, please feel free to email us at Lifedrops@nkfs.org.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.