Minister Unveils Dialysis Centre in Wuse District Hospital

The Minister of State, Nigerian Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has unveiled the Enoch and Folu Adeboye Dialysis Centre at Wuse district hospital of Abuja, as part of efforts to boost healthcare delivery system in the territory.

The centre which was equipped with eight dialysis machines, one medical water reverse osmosis purification system, and one 30 KVA generator, donated by the charity organisation of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

While unveiling the project, the minister commended the leadership of the church for the choice of a lifesaving project at this time of rising cases of kidney disease, stressing that the church was beginning to play one of its crucial roles of caring for the downtrodden in the society.

Aliyu buttress the significant of the dialysis centre and noted that kidney disease when detected early could be managed and corrected, just as she advocated for subsided dialysis cost in view of the economic realities.

The minister revealed that the FCT Administration in response to rising incidence of chronic kidney disease by 2013 operated 2 public dialysis and intensive care units in district hospitals at Wuse and Asokoro respectively.

She used the occasion to call on the Nigerian Association of Nephrology and all other health stakeholders to intensify public enlightenment activities including education on lifestyle changes, control of orthodox and traditional drugs abuse to prevent and control kidney diseases and other non-communicable diseases.

“March 2, each year is the world kidney day and this allows for awareness creation and free testing for early detection of kidney diseases especially in clients with hypertension and diabetes, weight, urea, electrolytes, creatinine and cholesterol levels checks with evaluation of proteins in urine among others are additional tests necessary for early detection of kidney disease,” she stressed.


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