In a nother development, President Bola Tinubu has approved a reduction
in the cost of kidney dialysis from the current ₦50,000 to ₦12,000 in
federal hospitals across the country.
The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Information, Daniel Bwala,
disclosed this on his X handle on Monday.
According to Bwala, the subsidy is already being implemented in major
federal hospitals across the six geopolitical zones.
The hospitals include 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 are 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.
He disclosed that more federal medical centres and teaching hospitals will
be added before the end of the year to widen access nationwide.
Bwala recalled how Tinubu also approved free caesarean sections (C-
sections) for pregnant women in federal hospitals, a bold step aimed at
boosting maternal healthcare and reducing preventable maternal deaths.
