The Federal government of Nigeria has reduced the cost of kidney dialysis from N50,000 to N12,000 per session, a 76 per cent subsidy.
The initiative aims to make dialysis more affordable for thousands of Nigerians battling kidney-related diseases.
The hospitals are: 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 include the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH); Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta; Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos; Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Azare; University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin; University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar, and the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi.