The Philippine Star

DLSMC offers PhilHealth’s Z package for kidney transplant

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De Los Santos Medical Center, a subsidiary of Manuel V. Pangilinan’s MVP Group of Companies under the Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings Inc. banner, recently became the first private Level 3 hospital located in Quezon City to be recognized as a PhilHealth­contracted institutio­nal healthcare provider of specialize­d care for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) requiring kidney transplant­ation.

As such, the hospital can now offer the Z Benefit Package for kidney transplant­ation. Under this package, PhilHealth will cover half of the hospital expenses incurred as a result of the transplant procedure.

“Qualified PhilHealth members and dependents with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or ESRD can now look forward to a new lease on life with this new developmen­t,” commented Nilo De Los Santos, VP for medical affairs and chief medical officer of De Los Santos Med.

The Z Benefit Package was created for all eligible PhilHealth members and their dependents – specifical­ly the underprivi­leged ones – to have a better opportunit­y for survival from “catastroph­ic” illnesses such as CKD and ESRD (also known as kidney failure).

In kidney transplant­ation, a patient will receive a healthy kidney from a willing and compatible donor. This procedure is now considered a treatment of choice for patients suffering from kidney failure as it offers them the best chance to have a more normal way of life.

To inquire about the Z Benefit Package for kidney transplant­ation, visit De Los Santos Med’s kidney transplant office at the 3rd floor of the main hospital building or call 7230041 to 54 ext. 7158.

 ??  ?? Members of the De Los Santos Med’s kidney transplant team: (bottom row, fourth from left) Arwin Ronan Ronsayro, co-chairman, kidney transplant team; (bottom row, fifth from left) Lysander Ragodon, VP for business developmen­t and planning, De Los Santos...
Members of the De Los Santos Med’s kidney transplant team: (bottom row, fourth from left) Arwin Ronan Ronsayro, co-chairman, kidney transplant team; (bottom row, fifth from left) Lysander Ragodon, VP for business developmen­t and planning, De Los Santos...

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