President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a landmark subsidy to ease the cost of kidney dialysis for Nigerians.

A statement from presidential aide, Sunday Dare, said with this intervention, the price of each dialysis session has been reduced from N50,000 to just N12,000, bringing relief to thousands of citizens battling kidney-related diseases.

Dare mentioned that this subsidy is already being implemented in major federal hospitals across the six geopolitical zones, including:

1. Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta, Lagos

2. Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja

3. University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan

4. Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri

5. University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri

6. Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta

7. Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos

8. Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Azare

9. University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin

10. University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar

He mentioned that more federal medical centres and teaching hospitals will be added before the end of the year to widen access nationwide.

He stated that last year, President Tinubu also approved free cesarean sections (C-sections) for pregnant women in federal hospitals in his bid to boost maternal healthcare and reducing preventable maternal deaths.