Clinical Director at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, Dr. Ebun Bamgboye, has said one out of seven (over 15 per cent) Nigerians is down with renal failure.
The renowned nephrologist, who revealed that most of those that require dialysis do not get it, advocated the commencement of a deceased donor programme, as a vital solution to saving the lives of chronic kidney disease patients.
During a lecture on ‘The Evolution of Kidney Transplantation in Nigeria and the Legacy of Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe’ at the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, Bamgboye highlighted the wastage of numerous organs on a daily basis, which could be used to the advantage of individuals reliant on dialysis.
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