MANILA, Philippines — It takes better equipment and more local specialists to enable the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) to perform liver and kidney transplants at a cheaper cost and thus save more lives. However, a liver transplant in the Philippines, for example, is at least three times more expensive than the P1.2 million needed for the same procedure in India. He encouraged them to have their daughter Sophie undergo liver transplant in the country instead of in India, which they preferred because of the cheaper cost. The meeting aimed to address the growing cases of biliary atresia in the country and the high cost of locally performing a liver transplant. We want to tell them that they don’t need to go abroad for a liver transplant,” Go said in Filipino.

Source: Philippine Star January 23, 2020 16:26 UTC