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DR. TAN KAI CHAH
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[Title] => Liver expert to tackle transplant woes in Cebu gab
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A Singapore-based and internationally renowned surgeon who performed the first living donor liver transplant in the United Kingdom will be one of the keynote speakers during the Asia-Pacific Digestive Week Congress slated at the Waterfront International Convention Center in Cebu City on Nov. 26-29.
Dr. Tan Kai Chah, more popularly known as Dr. KC Tan, will discuss post liver transplant complications during the Nov. 27 morning session of the congress. His talk will focus on vascular complications that are critical in the success of liver transplants.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => Back from the grave: A liver transplant patient’s tale
[Summary] => Rene Godinez, a 46-year-old businessman, was vacationing with his family in Hawaii in July 2005 when, to his astonishment, his eyes suddenly turned yellow and his skin, dark purple.
Alarmed, he rushed himself to the nearest hospital where he was told that his liver was barely functioning. He was suffering from acute liver failure.
He cut his vacation short and flew back to the Philippines, went directly to his doctor who, three weeks earlier, had told him that he was suffering from slight liver cirrhosis without giving any reason how he got it.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => Singapore-based liver expert to address int’l gab in Manila
[Summary] => A noted Singapore-based surgeon who has performed some of the world’s breakthrough liver surgeries, including the first live donor live transplant in the United Kingdom, is coming to Manila this March to keynote an international medical conference on the study of the liver, organizers said.
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[Title] => Singapore doc to introduce live liver transplant in RP
[Summary] => A live liver transplant might soon be done for the first time in the Philippines, according to a surgeon from the Asian Center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation in Singapore.
Dr. Tan Kai Chah said he would be introducing in the Philippines this relatively new medical procedure, which has been practiced already in some countries such as the United States, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-25 00:00:00
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[Title] => Singapore doc to introduce live liver transplant in RP
[Summary] => A live liver transplant might soon be done for the first time in the Philippines, according to a surgeon from the Asian Center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation in Singapore.
Dr. Tan Kai Chah said he would be introducing in the Philippines this relatively new medical procedure, which has been practiced already in some countries such as the United States, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.
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[Title] => Leading liver expert to attend Cebu gab
[Summary] => One of the world’s top liver transplant experts will discuss with Filipino doctors the benefits of medical treatment in Singapore, Asia’s leading medical destination, particularly for liver disease patients who face difficulties in finding cadaveric livers for transplant, during an upcoming convention in Cebu City this month.
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[Title] => Singapore hospital group opens medical referral center in RP
[Summary] => A Singapore hospital network, the largest and leading private healthcare group in Asia, is now offering Filipinos who are suffering from serious liver disorders and other major health problems an alternative world-class treatment through its network of hospitals in Singapore – now the leading medical destination in the Asia-Pacific region.
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