OAUTHC To Offer Cheaper Kidney Transplant.

As part of measures to improve the wellbeing of Nigerians afflicted with kidney disease and End-Stage Renal Disease, ESRD, the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, OAUTHC, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has introduced what it describes as affordable renal care services.

Under the package, one session of haemodialysis (renal dialysis) costs N15,000, while a patient who requires kidney transplant pays N2.5 million for the surgical operation.

Plans have also been initiated to set up an endowment fund to cater for indigent patients seeking healthcare services at the tertiary health institution.

Chairman of the OAUTHC Board, Pharm Matthew Urhoghide, who disclosed this to Good Health Weekly in a chat, said the subsidised renal care services were introduced primarily to encourage Nigerians to patronize local health facilities, and, secondarily, to stem the tide of patients flocking abroad especially to India, for haemodialysis and kidney transplants.

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