President Tinubu  Reduces Cost Of Kidney Dialysis Cost To N12,000

By Akinwale Kasali

Disturbed by the exorbitant cost of Kidney Dialysis, President Bola Tinubu has approved a flat charge of  N12,000 only in all  Federal Hospitals.

This is coming less than 24 hours after Nigerian Music Video Director and Cinematographer, ThankGod Omori Jesam, better known as TG Omori, decried the high cost of dialysis in the country.

President Tinubu, in a statement issued on Monday, slashed the price of the procedure by 76%, thus, reduced the fee from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000.

Speaking through his Special Adviser on Policy Information, Daniel Bwala, Tinubu noted that the intervention slashes the cost of each dialysis session from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000, offering relief to thousands of Nigerians living with kidney-related ailments.

Bwala stated that the move is expected to bring immediate financial relief to thousands of Nigerians battling kidney disease, a condition that often requires multiple treatment sessions per week.

He also added that the subsidy is already in effect at major Federal Hospitals across the Six Geopolitical Zones in the country.

The Hospitals are: the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta, Lagos; Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja; University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan; and the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri.

Others include: the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri; 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 the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar.

Bwala further revealed that additional Federal Medical Centres and Teaching Hospitals will be included in the scheme before the year ends, to expand access to affordable dialysis nationwide.