National Kidney and Transplant Institute hemodialysis unit (Courtesy of Imee Marcos FB) MANILA - Senators urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to offer indigent kidney patients more free dialysis treatments. In July, PhilHealth increased its coverage for outpatient hemodialysis from 90 to a maximum of 144 sessions until December 31 for members and their dependents with chronic kidney disease stage 5 and who are registered in the PhilHealth Dialysis Database. The 91st to 144th sessions shall be exclusively used for outpatient dialysis only and any unused sessions will not be carried over to 2023. "With the number of Filipinos who suffer from kidney disease, many are also unable to seek treatment. The lines are long at the NKTI (National Kidney and Transplant Institute) and other public hospitals where the cost of dialysis is lower. Getting sick these days is expensive, especially the cost of dialysis treatments at private healthcare centers," Senator