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The government also said it has suspended other members of the surgical team for one month, pending further administrative review.

According to a global survey in 2021, there were 106 million new cases reported with the incidence rising substantially since ...

Living-donor kidney transplant usually involves a donated kidney from someone you know. It might be a family member, friend or ...

Mr Olorunfemi emphasised that adopting a healthy lifestyle is one of the most effective ways Nigerians can protect themselves from ...

Chronic kidney disease is a progressive condition that reduces kidney function, that is its ability to filter waste from the ...

The award-winning music video director was operated upon three times.

Since the launch of the intervention, the CMD said the hospital conducts an average of 60 free dialysis sessions a ...

Impoverished young men are selling their kidneys in return for cash to start their businesses.

The briefing was organised to address the allegation of illegal kidney trade involving Alliance Hospital, an Abuja-based medical facility.

The facility, which is named: “Judith Ogwa Obla Kidney Centre,” was facilitated by Godwin Obla Foundation, in honour of the ...

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have been convicted in the United Kingdom for trafficking a young man into the UK ...

Joy Osondu, the mother of the boy, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he was receiving ...

“Their major function is to excrete waste from the body. They (kidneys) also regulate water and salt balance, ..."

The President of the Nigerian Association of Nephrology says about 25 million Nigerians have kidney disease.

“There is evidence across the world that climate change has contributed to increase in prevalence of CKD in young people."

The move is to check the high prevalence of renal failure in Borno State.

The World Health Organisation says an estimated 850 million people have kidney disease from various causes

The German Foundation for Organ Transplants (DSO) reports that only 797 people donated their organs in 2017, the lowest number ...

Problems may arise later in life.

"After I became completely blind I decided to live with a friend to avoid my parents seeing me in this ...

“We lose a lot of water and a lot of salt and we need to keep rehydrated to ensure that ...

 Music producer, OJB Jezreel, needs N16 million for a kidney transplant. Music producer, OJB Jezreel, who is in need of ...