/PRNewswire/ DaVita Kidney Care and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) today announced their collaboration in launching an innovative, yearlong pilot.
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Waterford Resident Hilary Baude said donating a kidney was the easiest decision she ever made.
Baude, a kindergarten teacher at Mary Morrisson Elementary School in Groton, was watching the news on New Year’s Eve when she saw a segment about CBS Executive Marc Weiner’s search for a kidney donation.
As she watched, she said she connected with Weiner’s story. Baude and her family had experienced their own struggles when their oldest daughter, now 8, was born prematurely at 2 pounds, 3 ounces. Her daughter spent time in a neonatal intensive care unit and had open heart surgery at five months old. Later, the family experienced another struggle when her husband was diagnosed with cancer.
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) currently serves more than 4,200 haemodialysis patients at 39 centres across Singapore, and fully supports the approaches that go beyond the disease afflicting the person (Focus on sick person's problems, not just diagnosis, June 2).. Read more at straitstimes.com.