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How one man’s fight shaped Asia’s largest dialysis network
Business World Philippines
|June 05, 2026
DIALYSIS NETWORK NephroPlus, which continues to expand its footprint across the Philippines, is driven by a simple yet powerful belief: people on dialysis deserve to lead long, happy, productive lives.
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At the heart of this multinational mission is Kamal D. Shah, co-founder of NephroPlus and a patient since the age of 21.
In 1997, having just secured a student visa to pursue a master’s degree in the United States, he felt the world opening its doors to his ambitions. But on the cusp of departure, a sudden medical emergency derailed his plans. Doctors diagnosed him with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, a rare, life-threatening genetic disease affecting only two to three million people worldwide. What followed was exhausting medical interventions: regular hemodialysis, plasma exchanges, steroid treatments, and blood transfusions.
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