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Borno governor directs free dialysis for kidney patients

By Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri
19 December 2019   |   4:06 am
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the Ministry of Health to offer free dialysis and research on causes of kidney failures among patients in the state.

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the Ministry of Health to offer free dialysis and research on causes of kidney failures among patients in the state.

He ordered the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Salisu Kwaya-Bura to implement the transplant of kidneys for patients at the state Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri next year.

Zulum gave the directive while inspecting the medical equipment and facilities at the hospital’s Kidney Centre, saying, “With the commencement of kidney dialysis in Maiduguri, I direct the Commissioner of Health to ensure kidney transplants for patients in the state.”

He said all kidney dialysis should be carried out free of charge, adding that the measure was to reduce the pains of people who could not afford N30, 000 for each kidney dialysis session.

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