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| David Mark |
The Senate is to carry out
further legislative amendment on the National Health Bill to make it all
embracing on all health matters.
This is because some aspects of health matters especially in
the area of renal diseases such as kidney, liver and heart were not covered in
the initial bill, yet to be accented by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Senate President, David Mark said this when he played host
to the Executive of the Nigerian Association of Nephrologists that public
hearing on the new NHIS would be held on next Monday in the National
Assembly.
Senator Mark told his guests that the Senate is very mindful of
all issues of health and "anything we can do by way of legislation to
improve health care delivery in Nigeria would not be compromised".
He harped on the need for all health providers to work in
harmony in order to provide effective and quality health care services to the
citizenry.
Earlier, the President of Nigerian Association of Nephrologists,
Professor Evelyn Unuigbe raised alarm at the increasing rate of Chronic kidney
diseases in the country especially among the youth between the ages of 25
and 40 years.
According to Unuigbe, "Although, there are no accurate
data and no national renal registry on Nigeria, data from small scale community
studies have found that the prevalence of CKD in adults ranges from 19% to
30%".
Unuigbe
advocated for the establishment of National Renal Institute which will be a
center of excellence for Renal care in Nigeria.
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