Nigerians don’t need to travel abroad over kidney challenge

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The Chief Medical Director of Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Dr Kolawole Ogundipe, has expressed concern that many

Nigerians having kidney problems are still considering travelling out of the country to get medical attention.

The CMD spoke in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, while disclosing that AMSH, between September 15 and 17, 2023 successfully conducted six kidney transplants, making it 14 kidney transplants since October 2021. He said, “I can tell you that the six patients are doing fine and recovering well. All six patients are hale and hearty. Their donors have since returned home. Our hospital has stringent rules and procedures guiding it whenever people appear to donate to patients.

Nephrologist and the Head of the Kidney Transplant Medical Team, Dr Olusegun Aremu, while lamenting the increasing level of kidney issues among people, said ABUAD hospital had come to put an end to medical tourism over kidney transplants. He added that the hospital was already providing solutions to the challenges.

 

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