President Bola Tinubu has approved a subsidy in the price of each kidney dialysis session for Nigerian patients. The reduction was the cut from N50,000 to N12,000. Sunday Dare, one of the spokespersons to the president, disclosed the development in a tweet on Monday, August 18.
According to the statement, the development will first commence in 10 public hospitals. The programme is designed to ensure that thousands of Nigerians fighting kidney-related disease get some relief. This is because many of he patients cannot afford the money for the dialysis.
