By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a landmark subsidy to ease the cost of kidney dialysis for Nigerians.
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This was announced by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy and Communication, Daniel Bwala, on his X page. According to Bwala, with this intervention, the price of each dialysis session has been reduced from ₦50,000 to just ₦12,000, bringing relief to thousands of citizens battling kidney-related diseases.
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He stated that this subsidy is already being implemented in major federal hospitals across the six geopolitical zones, including the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Azare, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin and the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar.
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He added that more federal medical centres and teaching hospitals will be added before the end of the year to widen access nationwide.
The Lagos Voice reports that last year, President Tinubu approved free cesarean sections (C-sections) for pregnant women in federal hospitals, a bold step aimed at boosting maternal healthcare and reducing preventable maternal deaths.
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According to Bwala, “these measures demonstrate the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda in action, ensuring that no Nigerian is denied healthcare because of cost.”
