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| name        = National Kidney and Transplant Institute
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| location    = [[Place:Quezon City|Quezon City]]
| region      = [[Place:Metro Manila|Metro Manila]]
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| former-names= {{blist|National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines<ref name="GovPH-MO48" />|National Kidney Institute<ref name="ChanRobles-RA8020" />}}
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The '''National Kidney and Transplant Institute''' is a tertiary referral hospital located in Central, [[Place:Quezon City|Quezon City]], {{wipe|Philippines}}. The hospital opened on January 16, 1981.
[[File:05375jfLung_Center_Kidney_Transplant_Institute_Quezon_Cityfvf_30.JPG |thumb|200px|left| Gate]]
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute, or NKTI, is a tertiary medical specialty center for renal health. The hospital also offers voluntary blood services.

The hospital was formerly known as the National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines (NKFP),<ref name="GovPH-MO48">{{cite web |title=Memorandum Order No. 48, s. 1986 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1986/11/12/memorandum-order-no-48-s-1986/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |access-date=April 18, 2020 |date=November 12, 1986}}</ref> and the National Kidney Institute.<ref name="ChanRobles-RA8020">{{cite web |title=REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8020 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE NATIONAL KIDNEY INSTITUTE TO NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |url=https://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno8020.html |website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library |access-date=April 18, 2020 |date=May 25, 1995}}</ref>

== Building and location ==
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute sits in the center of a {{convert|58899|sqm|adj=on|sp=us}} lot, along East Avenue in Quezon City.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

The Institute itself is 3-storey structure with three buildings (Main, Annex and Dialysis Center) connected to each other. The Main Building houses most of the Cost Centers and where the Administrative offices can be found. The Annex Building encloses the recently opened Marcos Wing and the Radiology Dept (MRI and CT Scan centers), Center for Special Services and also the ER Dept.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

==Services==

In its nearly three decades of operations, NKTI has always aimed for general patient care and the prevention or treatment of renal disease; and gained various achievements: double transplant - kidney & pancreas (first in Asia, March 1988); Kidney - Liver transplant (first in Asia, September 1990); Bone Marrow Transplant (first in the Philippines, August 1990); ISO-Certification (first Government Hospital in the Philippines, February 2003). The institute has continuously maintained various healthcare-related programs  such the Human Organ Preservation Effort (HOPE), Voluntary Blood Donation Program (VBDP), Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) and Total Quality Management (TQM){{cn|date=April 2022}}

In January 23, 2024, Bongbong Marcos launched the country’s first [[Medicine:Lung transplantation|Lung Transplant]] Program at the Lung Center of the Philippines in collaboration with the Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1892868/fwd-marcos-lcp-and-nkti | title=Marcos leads launching of Lung Transplant Program of LCP-NKTI|first=Jean |last=Mangaluz|website=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=January 23, 2024 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==


[[Category:Organ transplantation]]

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