Kidney transplants in Malaysia are back on again

Haemodialysis patients are highly encouraged to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as they are potentially exposed to infection when at the dialysis centre three times a week. — Photos: Filepic

While the number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has been going down recently, it was not too long ago that our healthcare system was in crisis due to the overwhelming number of such patients who required hospitalisation, particularly those who needed intensive care and ventilation.

This was not only worrying because of the lives at stake, but also because of the finite resources we have at hand.