Ondo subsidises dialysis for kidney patients

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ONDO State government has established a Kidney Care Centre to cater for people with kidney diseases across the country. 15 kidney dialysis machines have been installed in the centre located at the Medical Village in Ondo town.

Speaking with Sunday Vanguard in Akure, the state Health Commissioner, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, said a complete team of medical personnel is on ground in the Centre.
Adeyanju added that the facility will collaborate with the Kidney Center in Maryland to give first class treatment to patients at subsidized fees. The commissioner said the centre will not be free but the fees would be affordable.

Mentally unstable patients attack us –Nurses

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Some aggrieved nurses at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos State, and the management have disagreed over issues bordering on negligence, poor incentives and security lapses, among others, in the hospital. The aggrieved nurses said the hospital was paying lip service to their safety and welfare. They said on many occasions they had been attacked or molested by the mentally sick patients, the management looked the other way, leaving them to bear the expenses on their own.