UMTH Maiduguri, six other hospitals to get over 7000 dialysis consumables from FG
By Mohammed Kaka Misau
The federal government has announced that it buy 7,887 dialysis consumables for onward distribution to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and six other tertiary health institutions across the country.
According to the Minister of Health and Coordinating Minister for Social Work, Ali Pate, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has on Monday approved the purchase of the over seven thousand dialysis consumables to take care of patients suffering from kidney diseases in the country.
The minister who made this known after the council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu, pointed out that the gesture is aimed at addressing the rising cases of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension among the citizens.
He explained that the consumables would be distributed across seven federal tertiary hospitals, including the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital in Abuja.
The minister added that the importance of prevention alongside treatment, highlighting plans for public health screenings and lifestyle modifications to reduce future cases of kidney disease.
He stated that the gesture is in continuation of President Tinubu’s efforts to reduce the cost and access to health care services considering the vast non communicable diseases in the country.
He mentioned some of the diseases to include hypertension, diabetes, kidney, among other several vascular diseases, which necessitated the FEC to approve the purchase of 7,887 sets of dialysis consumables for the use of Nigerians who are suffering from chronic diseases for distribution to seven of our federal tertiary hospitals.
The benefitting hospitals, the minister said are, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Federal Medical Center in Ebuta Metta, Federal Medical Center in Owerri, the National Hospital, Abuja, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, University Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi.
He described the move as an effort to make cost of treatment affordable for those who suffer from integral disease through dialysis.
The minister who observed that dealing with kidney disease requires not only dialysis but also prevention, said the federal health ministry is doing everything possible to ensure prevention of hypertension diabetes, among others.
