•A kidney patient receiving treatment on a dialysis machine As countries mark World Kidney Day, the high cost of care is taking centre stage in Nigerian hospitals, being a major determinant of survival rates. Specifically, the cost of dialysis treatment now hovers between N50,000 and N80,000 per session, while a kidney transplant ranges betwee...
•LUTH The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in partnership with Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), has started a high-quality, safe bone marrow transplant programme that meets international standards for the cure of sickle cell disease. A joint statement by the hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo and the N...
•TG Omori Nigerian music video director and cinematographer, ThankGod Omori, popularly known as TG Omori, has announced that he is currently recuperating from the stitches of his failed kidney transplant. The Frontier had earlier reported that TG Omori’s health has been a source of concern for his fans after he took to his X account […]...
•TG Omori Nigerian Music Video Director, ThankGod Omori, popularly known as TG Omori has asked for prayers after a failed kidney transplant. In a post on social media today, Omori who revealed that a kidney transplant process he underwent at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos yesterday failed, said he does not want to die. According […]
•Surgeons conducting a surgical operation A groundbreaking medical procedure took place in Boston, where surgeons successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old man who needed a transplant. If the breakthrough is successful, it could bring hope to people who are suffering from kidney failure, reports Ne...
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