File: Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni.
Residents of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State have resorted to crowdfunding to support a medical outreach for people battling kidney disease, amid prolonged calls for the state government to establish a dialysis centre in Gashua, the local government headquarters.
Led by a medical doctor and indigene of the area, Dr Hamza Tasi’u, the initiative seeks to ease the burden on patients who travel to Damaturu, the state capital, for dialysis, while drawing renewed attention to the kidney disease crisis affecting Gashua and neighbouring communities.
Tasi’u told PUNCH Online in an exclusive interview on Monday that the decision to organise the medical outreach was prompted by the increasing burden of kidney disease and the difficulties patients face in accessing treatment.
He said residents suffering from kidney disease often had to travel to Damaturu, the state capital, for dialysis, a journey that many families could not afford to make regularly.
