Residents of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State have appealed to Governor Mai Mala Buni to establish a dialysis centre in Gashua, lamenting that the absence of the facility has compounded the suffering of kidney disease patients and their families, Arewa PUNCH reports.
The residents said despite years of appeals and the persistent burden of chronic kidney disease in the area, patients still travel long distances to Damaturu, the state capital, to access life-saving dialysis treatment.
The demand comes amid growing concerns over the prevalence of kidney disease in Bade LGA, a health challenge that residents say has claimed hundreds of lives over the past decade and left many families devastated.
Although dialysis treatment is provided free of charge at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital in Damaturu, residents argued that the lack of a dialysis centre in Gashua continues to impose financial, emotional and physical hardship on patients.
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