{"id":40529,"date":"2026-03-31T02:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=40529"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:36:49","slug":"35-transplant-patients-from-singapore-centre-defied-the-odds-have-lived-beyond-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=40529","title":{"rendered":"35 transplant patients from Singapore centre defied the odds, have lived beyond 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On average around the world, organ transplants do not extend a recipient\u2019s life beyond 25 years. But one centre in Singapore has defied the odds. The National University Centre for Organ Transplant &#8211; or NUCOT, has celebrated 35 patients who lived beyond that milestone. One of them is Madam Leong Kwai Sin &#8211; a kidney transplant recipient who survived 41 years after her procedure. She joined us to share her experiences. Also joining her on CNA &#8211; Professor Anantharaman Vathsala, who shares the secrets behind NUCOT\u2019s long-term transplant survival rates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/watch\/35-transplant-patients-singapore-centre-defied-odds-have-lived-beyond-25-years-6026271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On average around the world, organ transplants do not extend a recipient\u2019s life beyond 25 years. But one centre in Singapore has defied the odds&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}