The Federal Government has announced a subsidy on the cost of kidney dialysis in federal hospitals across Nigeria, reducing the price of a single session from an average of ₦50,000 to ₦12,000.
This initiative, which is part of the “Renewed Hope Agenda,” aims to provide financial relief to Nigerians suffering from kidney-related diseases.
The new pricing is currently in effect in at least 11 federal tertiary health institutions.
The following is a list of some of the hospitals where the subsidy is being implemented:
- Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta, Lagos
- Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja
- University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan
- Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri
- University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri
- Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta
- Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos
- Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Azare
- University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBU), Bauchi
- University of Jos Teaching Hospital (UJTH), Jos
- National Hospital, Abuja
- Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa
- Federal Teaching Hospital, Owerri
- Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki
The Ministry also clarified reports that the North-west is exempted from the Federal Governments Subsidy, stating that “this pilot phase will be expanded to cover more Federal hospitals across the country in due course.”
