President Bola Tinubu has approved a subsidy on kidney dialysis, reducing the cost of each session from N50,000 to N12,000.
The Presidency announced on Monday that the intervention is part of the administration’s efforts to expand access to affordable healthcare and provide relief to patients suffering from kidney-related diseases across the country.
According to the statement, the programme will be implemented in phases across Federal Medical Centres and Teaching Hospitals nationwide.
The facilities already enlisted under the subsidy programme include: Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Ebute-Metta, Lagos; Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jabi, Abuja; University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan; Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri; and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri.
Others are Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta; Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos; Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Azare; University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Benin; and University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar.
The Presidency added that more Federal Medical Centres would be onboarded before the end of the year to expand coverage across all geopolitical zones.
It noted that the subsidy is expected to bring relief to thousands of patients battling renal failure, many of whom had been unable to continue treatment due to high costs.
