President Bola Tinubu has approved a reduction in the price of each kidney dialysis session for patients, from N50,000 to N12,000, a spokesperson has said.
Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson to the president, made this known on Monday via his X handle.
The development, which will first commence in 10 public hospitals, will provide relief to thousands of Nigerians battling kidney-related diseases, many of whom cannot pay for the dialysis.
According to Mr Bwala, the subsidy is being implemented in major federal hospitals across the six geopolitical zones.
He noted that the subsidy has been well-received by patients, with many expressing satisfactions with the reduced costs.
The first set of hospitals include, the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri.
Others are the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Azare, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin, and University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar.
He said that more federal medical centres and teaching hospitals will be added before the end of the year to widen access nationwide.
(Premium Times)
