The Federal Authorities has launched a serious subsidy on kidney dialysis in federal hospitals throughout the nation, chopping the worth of the process by 76 p.c.
Authorised by President Bola Tinubu, the brand new coverage reduces the typical value of a single dialysis session from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000.
This was disclosed on Monday in a press release by the Particular Adviser to the President on Coverage Communication, Daniel Bwala.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has permitted a landmark subsidy to ease the price of kidney dialysis for Nigerians. With this intervention, the worth of every dialysis session has been decreased from ₦50,000 to only ₦12,000, bringing reduction to 1000’s of residents battling kidney-related ailments,” Bwala mentioned.
Based on him, the brand new pricing has already taken impact in ten federal medical centres and educating hospitals throughout the six geopolitical zones.
These embody the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta; FMC, Jabi, Abuja; College School Hospital (UCH), Ibadan; FMC, Owerri; College of Maiduguri Instructing Hospital (UMTH); FMC, Abeokuta; Lagos College Instructing Hospital (LUTH); FMC, Azare; College of Benin Instructing Hospital (UBTH); and College of Calabar Instructing Hospital (UCTH).
Bwala added: “Extra federal medical centres and educating hospitals will likely be added earlier than the top of the 12 months to widen entry nationwide.”
He additionally recalled that final 12 months, President Tinubu permitted free cesarean sections (C-sections) for pregnant girls in federal hospitals, describing it as a daring step to enhance maternal healthcare and reduce preventable deaths.
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