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The Doctor Raised In US Saving Singapore Patients, Kidney By Kidney | Singaporean At Heart - Pt 2/4

Professor A Vathsala, who moved to Singapore from the US, found herself working in nephrology and kidney transplantation at the Singapore General Hospital in the 1980s when 1 in 2 transplant patients died from kidney rejection. Her advocacy for patients’ continued access to subsidies for immunosuppressant drugs paved the way for Singapore’s lauded success rates in kidney transplantation today. As the co-director of the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT) today, she continues to strive to add years to the lives of patients. WATCH MORE Singaporean At Heart:    • Singaporean At Heart | Full Episodes   0:00 Introducing Professor Vathsala 2:00 Prof’s ties to Singapore 4:21 How she became an accidental nephrologist 6:11 Why early kidney transplant patients faced rejection 7:13 Prof advocates for new immunosuppressant drugs 9:46 A tour of NUCOT 13:18 Her patient of 30 years 17:28 Asian values, American outspokenness ==== About the show: For decades, they have quietly contributed to Singapore in healthcare, social service, philanthropy and the arts. Join presenter Jo Tan to find out what they do, what drives them and why they consider themselves Singaporeans at heart. ========= #CNAInsider #SingaporeanAtHeartCNA #Singapore #Immigrant For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram:   / cnainsider   Facebook:   / cnainsider   Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider