FG lists 11 hospitals offering kidney dialysis for ₦12,000
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FG promises to expand the pilot phase to cover more Federal hospitals across the country in due course, ensuring that no Nigerian is left behind in accessing life-saving dialysis services.
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has released a list of eleven hospital where the cost of a dialysis session has been reduced ₦12,000 through Federal Government’s dialysis subsidy programme.
The Ministry rolled out the list while dismissing reports that patients in the Northwest are excluded from the Federal Government’s dialysis subsidy programme.
“This information is incorrect,” Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director / Head Information & Public Relations said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the initiative, driven by the Renewed Hope Agenda, is part of the President Bola Tinubu administration’s deliberate effort to provide relief for patients with kidney-related diseases while expanding access to universal health coverage.
“In a landmark move to save lives and reduce both physical and financial suffering particularly among vulnerable Nigerians, the Federal Government has approved a subsidy scheme that drastically reduces the cost of dialysis in Federal hospitals.
“Under the scheme, the cost of a dialysis session has been reduced from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000.
The Ministry also listed the hospital where the dialysis subsidy programme is currently available in the statement.
According to the statement, the pilot phase is currently being implemented in eleven (11) Federal Tertiary Health Institutions across all geo-political zones:
1. Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
2.University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
3.Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital
4.University of Jos Teaching Hospital
5.National Hospital, Abuja
6.Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta
7.University College Hospital, Ibadan
8.University of Benin Teaching Hospital
9.Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa
10.Federal Teaching Hospital, Owerri
11.Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki
“The Ministry emphasis that the Northwest is not excluded. This pilot phase will be expanded to cover more Federal hospitals across the country in due course, ensuring that no Nigerian is left behind in accessing life-saving dialysis services.
“The Federal Government remains firmly committed to reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases and safeguarding the health and wellbeing of all Nigerians,” the statement indicated
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