The cost of kidney dialysis for Nigerians in 11 hospitals has been lowered from N50,000 to N12,000 thanks to a subsidy approved by President Bola Tinubu. Some federal medical institutions are implementing the subsidies in all six geopolitical zones. The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Owerri, the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Ebute-Metta Lagos, the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Jabi, Abuja, and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Maiduguri are among the participating institutions.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
These include the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Azare, the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Abeokuta, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Benin, the University of Calabar Teaching (UCTH) Calabar, and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Lagos. The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi hosted the subsidy’s January inauguration. Beneficial effects for patients The teaching hospital’s renal center manager-in-charge, Hammatu Haruna, claims that the subsidy has significantly improved patient outcomes.
“They are now only paying N12,000, and this initiative has made our patients very happy.” Their condition has significantly improved,” she stated. She pointed out that many patients had trouble paying for dialysis prior to the assistance. They frequently had to go back and sell something before they could afford treatment, even after learning the cost. Because they just could not afford it, others even chose to remain at home,” she continued.
The program has helped 35 patients since it began on January 8. In order to guarantee the initiative’s success, Haruna also praised the federal ministry of health for providing sufficient resources, such as more than 900 dialyzers and one dialysis machine. “We are grateful to the Nigerian federal government for providing us with the assistance we need. “Almost everything is here,” she remarked.
Nigeria is seeing an increase in kidney failure patients. Concerns concerning the rise of renal failure cases in Nigeria are developing as a result of the subsidies. Fifty medical professionals were sent by the Yobe State administration in February to look into the increase in renal failure patients in certain areas of the state. With assistance from foreign specialists in the US, UK, and Ghana, the research team consists of neurology consultants, nephrologists, laboratory scientists, geologists, chemists, and eco-toxicologists, according to Mahmud Maina, director of Yobe State University’s Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre. In order to ascertain if the increasing number of instances is due to environmental, lifestyle, or genetic reasons, the team intends to interview 2,000 residents in the Bade and Damaturu LGAs, according to Maina.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
