SINGAPORE — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will expand its overnight dialysis capacity from 36 slots in two centres to 250 slots in five centres by 2027 to meet the evolving needs of its patients, as well as to keep pace with fast-rising demand from a rapidly ageing population.

This was announced at NKF's 55th anniversary event, held at its headquarters in Kim Keat Road on April 25.

With 41 dialysis centres, NKF is the biggest dialysis provider in Singapore, caring for around 5,500 of the roughly 9,000 people here who are on dialysis. Other patients are treated mostly at private dialysis centres.

The fight against kidney failure continues as, each day, six new patients are diagnosed with kidney failure in Singapore.

"The total number of kidney failure patients is rising: 10 years ago it was 5,500, today it is 8,800," said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung at the event.

The major culprits are diabetes and hypertension, which are precursors to kidney failure, he added.

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