Kidney crisis: Rising cases, crushing treatment costs threaten Nigerians
Kidney disease now attacking productive Nigerians A Consultant Nephrologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Dr Danladi Nmadu, said most Nigerian patients with severe kidney impairment or those receiving dialysis are between 40 and 60 years old.
Their plight puts a human face on Nigeria’s kidney-care crisis, as experts raise concerns about severe kidney disease affecting Nigerians during their productive years, while the cost of treatment leaves many unable to sustain care.“In most developed countries, kidney disease tends to accumulate in people in their 60s and above, while in Nigeria most patients that we have on dialysis or have severe kidney impairment are between the ages of 40 and 60,” he said.
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