How Singapore's medical device startup AWAK is disrupting kidney dialysis

How Singapore's medical device startup AWAK is disrupting kidney dialysis

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The mood was grim, on a recent weekday morning at a haemodialysis (HD) centre in the Bukit Merah neighbourhood. The facility, bathed in yellow lighting, at the foot of a block of public housing flats is operated by Singapore’s National Kidney Foundation and provides subsidised treatment for people suffering from kidney failure.