The Doctor Raised In US Saving Singapore Patients, Kidney By Kidney | Singaporean At Heart - Pt 2/4
Professor A Vathsala, who moved to Singapore from the US, found herself working in nephrology and kidney transplantation at the Singapore General Hospital in the 1980s when 1 in 2 transplant patients died from kidney rejection.
Her advocacy for patients’ continued access to subsidies for immunosuppressant drugs paved the way for Singapore’s lauded success rates in kidney transplantation today. As the co-director of the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT) today, she continues to strive to add years to the lives of patients.
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0:00 Introducing Professor Vathsala
2:00 Prof’s ties to Singapore
4:21 How she became an accidental nephrologist
6:11 Why early kidney transplant patients faced rejection
7:13 Prof advocates for new immunosuppressant drugs
9:46 A tour of NUCOT
13:18 Her patient of 30 years
17:28 Asian values, American outspokenness
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Singapore is so fortunate to have her.
@sohsaraaa
Ай бұрын
Not just in the area of kidney transplant and teaching, but also in the addition of 3 kids to Singapore 😂
Being spent days and raised outside India this lady has carried our culture way better than many Indians who are in India Thank you Maam
@vardhamanist
Ай бұрын
Because.... South India! ❤⬇️🇮🇳
I am one of her patients who had undergone a kidney transplant on Nov 2017 and Prof Tiong in the video was my head surgeon. I was operated on at 1am in the morning and am so thankful till this very day for the new kidney and their medical professionalism and expertise. Being a patient at NUCOT, the treatment is so comprehensive and I am really being well taken care of in all aspects. Thank you Prof Vathsala and the team at NUCOT.
@NEPtune-fy1ug
Ай бұрын
thanks for sharing!
@avengerdarkness8402
Ай бұрын
Wish u well!
She stick to her traditional dress-code and culture. Elegant lady .
Thank you Dr A Vathsala for coming to Singapore and to contribute to our country.
She's inspirational. Yet, humble and proud of her Asian heritage. Thanks to her husband for bring her here. Hope she will also be able to impart her skills not just to Singapore doctors but also beyond.
@user-lt5no1xt1z
Ай бұрын
Asian heritage? Singapore is also in asia.. i think you mean Indian heritage.
@jetpark3743
29 күн бұрын
As an Indian, many Singaporeans look down on us (racism). They cannot accept the fact that we can contribute more than them, more educated than them and more people and family oriented
Infinite love and respect for Prof. Vathsala from Nepal.
Really enjoyed this documentary. As a dr in sg’s public system Prof Vathsala’s passion and dedication are so inspiring. Kudos to Prof and the credits to the interviewer for a truly outstanding documentary
Indians doctors are genius
@satyajitmahapatra9487
2 ай бұрын
She is from Singapore
@Eina777
Ай бұрын
with Indian roots !!
@pikachue602
Ай бұрын
@@satyajitmahapatra9487 with Indian roots ,was born and raised in India until her marriage. So yeah...
@UniVerse-to4mq
Ай бұрын
@@satyajitmahapatra9487 she was born in India and grew up in the US
@L20241
Ай бұрын
@@UniVerse-to4mqmoved to USA at 11
We all Indians are very proud of you Doc.God bless you and your family
God bless you Prof. Vathsala! You are God sent to Singapore. I am a transplant patient Jan 14, 2023. How i wish our doctors here in the Philippines are as passionate as you are towards extending the lives of their patients.
Singapore is fortunate have CNA and this doctor to save life and to produce quality, meaningful and purposeful content. Thank you both!
Dr. Vathsala is a great role model and inspirational for younger generation !!!!
The interviewer was brilliant! She asked all the right questions and kept the conversation engaging and interesting to listen to.
kudos to Dr. Vathsala for pioneering Kidney transplants in Sg 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 She is truely a God sent angel to hv saved peoples lives !!! Congratulations to her 🌺🌺🌺 Kudos to CNA n Team to have made this into a video to hVe Brought her to everyones' awareness n knowledge 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Keep up the Noble cause 👌👌
lots of respect and love to Dr Vathsala.. from bangalore india
Ive had renal failure I request all CKD patients to never repeat my mistakes. Please please take care of your native kidneys , treat them with love and affection , do not eat too much protein , control your BP and sodium , sugar intake . Intermittent Fasting for 12 hours will help you to deny food to your body and absolve some of your health karma. Earn a honest living , Never sell adulterated food to maximise your profit margins, never sell alcohol, never sell or promote tobacco . Dialysis is like taking small steps to fatality and this disease is terrible . My heart breaks when I saw the patients in this video. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank you for the dedication and hard work you put in your work helping patients. May God bless you and your family
She truly is living legend. Thanks for this episode 😊
This is the kind of foreign talent we want. Kudos to her!
@Peter22097
2 ай бұрын
Sound weird when u say it like rhat
@lifeisgood2542
2 ай бұрын
would be better if she stayed and helped out in her home country, dont you think?
@vkkl6213
2 ай бұрын
@@Peter22097what do u mean?
@karweigoh3282
Ай бұрын
So you are one of those who hate most of ft la, scare they steal your job?
@vkkl6213
Ай бұрын
@@karweigoh3282 Every country takes in foreigners whom they consider to be talent - no country takes in foreigners whom are unable to make useful contributions to the economy or society. Not sure what's your point
Amazing work.Wow! Professor Vathsala is quite an extraordinary human being. A great interviewer on this subject matter.
I am a Transplant ICU nurse in the USA, Thanks for sharing, and Thank you for what you do Dr. Vathsala!
@vikaspanchal8015
Ай бұрын
Do we call male attendants Nurse as well?
@ramsaction7003
Ай бұрын
@@vikaspanchal8015 yes
I am really inspired listening to these Angels
What a wonderful doctor.
Thank you for your service
Absolutely brilliant episode
Thank you Prof Vathsala 🙏🙏
What an absolutely brilliant interview! Amazing energy and drive. Makes it look easy but takes tremendous effort.
Watching this video from Haryana state, Bharat (🇮🇳). Mam, you are truly an inspiration to many. What are great journey, service before self. My respect & thanks for making Bharat Proud. 😊 🙏
Mysore?! Oh my god.. loads of love from Karnataka:)
Thank you. Prof Vathsala
Such a lovely interview. Distinguished person.
Outmost respects to DR.A.Vathsala for her noble profession to save humanity 🙏🫡🙏🫡🙏🫡
Gift to Mankind ❤
Thanks for sharing this amazing story.
Such a talented doctor! She even speaks Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese 😊😊
@887310954
Ай бұрын
Indian blood rocks no matter where they go!
A Hero among us. Thks to her Captain hubby
Prof Vath is the best!
@alvinseah5423
Ай бұрын
I was MO in renal department in SGH. Always looked forward to her transplant teaching rounds. Learned so much immunology from her.
What an inspiration ❤
Indians at the forefront. So proud !
Prof V the Preserver of life ❤🌹
Prof Vathsala comes across as very approachable. No wonder she is so successful 👍
@Letstalkaboutit-vividly
Ай бұрын
She is not. Her family is Medical royalty and they behave in that way. Her daughter is treated like royalty (probably the only Indian around me that did not face racism because she is her daughter).
@user-li6bw9rn1z
Ай бұрын
@@Letstalkaboutit-vividly oh wow!
She's larger life.👍👍
Lovely❤
Gem. God bless her. 🍁🙏🍁
Tks God for her
Thank God she went to Singapore. As an Indian and a doctor in India, i feel like her zeal and talent would have been wasted if she were to come to India. That too in those early years , people wouldn't have given ears to her words . What she is today is her talent and hardwork but her contributions were made possible because of the kind of infrastructure and support Singapore has given her . I sincerely hope one day my country can boast about quality medical care too even at the basement level . 🙏
@nishantshrivas7746
Ай бұрын
Indian dr at aiims and other government hospital are at par with her if not better ....i can understand medical facility might not be sufficient given our humongous population...but don't demean our dr...she is doing great ...so is our dr ...our country is known for medical tourism for the same reason
@user-gq2yk6ko5m
Ай бұрын
@@nishantshrivas7746 bas bhai bas
@FF00777
Ай бұрын
Ohhh shut up
@Letstalkaboutit-vividly
Ай бұрын
You are misguided. Indian doctors are at par or reven better than her. But just like you did here, people respect "US return" "foreign return" more than home doctors. Basic problem with Indians.
@Axe85
29 күн бұрын
Why u people defame our country ?
All indians doing well in Singapore. Congratulations
She is from my town Mysore, India
Passionate women !
With regards from your hometown Mysore🙏🙏
❤🎉 from Malaysia
Still Respecting and living & thriving in Indian Culture by wearing Saari/Sadi... Unlike other Countries who yve switched to Western or in Particular European Dress Codes of Suits Always..
❤❤❤
Vathsala - vathsalya - motherly love or care or nurture .. Well her nature and her name suites her
Also professor K.K from NUH another person to interview
Indian are really smartest people in the world
The indian roots serving the world.
Indians ❤
Kannadathi 💛❤️
Fortune for Singapore to have her and a loss for Karnataka. The title could have been included " ...Indian " but nonetheless you Singaporeans still consider India as a third world country.
@sidy6526
Ай бұрын
We have enough people in our country actually. We don't really need anyone. We just need to train our people better...we are not short of workforce but only the proper training
@kumarkumar-md7ee
Ай бұрын
coz it is bro we are a 3rd world country,,,
She is indian hindu doctor and indian doctor is best in the world 🌎
She is Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Her dress - Indian Saree 🇮🇳🇮🇳
She was not raised in the US.. she is an Indian, who webt to the us to study for 12 years. She was 11 when she went to usa. Such a disengenuous title.. why not just say "Indian"?
@liveinshyam
Ай бұрын
It’s known as agenda
@user-gq2yk6ko5m
Ай бұрын
usa education maker her who she is not indian education
@tridentmusic4833
Ай бұрын
@@user-gq2yk6ko5m how many Indian doctors America has ??? Go and check the data first .. and how many of them studied in India ???
@Letstalkaboutit-vividly
Ай бұрын
It's racism which is everywhere in Singapore. They undermine every Indian in their wake (even Indian Singaporeans do that). And if they can't, they will change their identity , just like here 😂
@ericwong5891
Ай бұрын
A lady with substance.❤
She's 70, but looks more like she's in her 50s
Yeah so ashamed because of what you just wrote
She looks south indian based on her saree
@L20241
Ай бұрын
Yes she most likely tamil Brahmin
@Letstalkaboutit-vividly
Ай бұрын
@@L20241 Nope. She is Kannadiga non-Brahmin.
@L20241
Ай бұрын
@@Letstalkaboutit-vividly and how do you know? Her husband is def Tambrahm and she’s he’s relative she said
@L20241
Ай бұрын
@@Letstalkaboutit-vividly her hubby is typical Tambrahm and so is she
Cinapor😂😂😂.
Why are SO MANY of these theatre actresses trying to take the jobs of journalists or hosts like come on
@yut576
2 ай бұрын
Because they make interviews very personable ..
She is tamil brahmin. Highest iq in india.
@ajaxjaiswal3442
Ай бұрын
Here you are..... Casteism in our blood. Proud Indians 🇮🇳 🤦
@Letstalkaboutit-vividly
Ай бұрын
@booksquotes948 Nope. She is a Kannadiga non-Brahmin. 😂😂 Tamilian Brahmins only say they are the highest IQ, doesnt make it true. They have the the same distribution of IQ as any other community.. 😂
@devikakarmakar99
29 күн бұрын
IQ has nothing to do with race religion or caste Dr Abdul Kalam was also a tamil but not Brahmin he is called the father of space mission in India.
What this is s-o++a……… topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If she was North Indian, she wouldn't be wearing a saree.
@ajaxjaiswal3442
Ай бұрын
🤦
@beezlebub9
25 күн бұрын
My mom wore a saree whenever she was not working and she is North Indian. This is a darn stupid thing to say.
She is an Indian
@RoKuSa007
Ай бұрын
*origin
@raj2487
Ай бұрын
Indian r talented
@Letstalkaboutit-vividly
Ай бұрын
@@RoKuSa007 Nope, she is India.. born and raised in India for several years. You can't decide people's realities based on your comfort and taste 😂
she is still a ceca
@melvyncarrot4741
Ай бұрын
She was here more than 40 years ago. Can you do what she has contributed? If not diam diam. 你不说话没人当你是哑巴。
@melvyncarrot4741
Ай бұрын
She was here more than 40 years ago. Can you do what she has contributed to our country? You better pray you will not end up having a renal failure someday. Got nothing better to say, just diam diam. 你不说话没人当你是哑巴。
@tutonreliablo2421
Ай бұрын
@@melvyncarrot4741 still a ceca.
@tutonreliablo2421
Ай бұрын
@@melvyncarrot4741 still a fkin ceca
@melvyncarrot4741
Ай бұрын
@tutonreliablo2421 If she's a Ceca,then what do you and your ancestors be?
Artificial or pork kidneys instead!!!!!!!!!
Doctor is Indian - are you ashamed of telling this in your title line?
@ymca225
2 ай бұрын
so what
@Show_what_I_Love
2 ай бұрын
@@ymca225young men christian association - you will not understand. They only want to show India and indians in negative light. When an indian is like this doctor- they tell she is from US and try to cut her from her Indian roots.
@pikachuthunderbolt3919
2 ай бұрын
acc to singapore media lang lang Only tamilians are indians to them la la. But the fact is not all tamilians are indian lol
@pikachue602
Ай бұрын
@@ymca225 so? Well CNA has been rather Chinese stooge all thus time so yeah!!😂😂
@L20241
Ай бұрын
@@pikachuthunderbolt3919she is a tamilian I can tell
CNA why are you so biased to say INDIAN ORIGIN DOCTOR ?? So BIASEd and INSECURE 😡😡
What an amazing lady thank you for your service madam. 🫡
Speaks like an American with no accent 👌👌
OMG HAHA she's the woman from clicknetwork that pranked XiaXue hahaha
Now this is a woman I can look up to when I'm depressed about my career . 🫡