“…The number of dialysis patients has dropped significantly between the present survey and that of Nlandu e t al. in 2021 7 (360–263), contrasting with an ever-increasing number of hemodialysis centers (around 24). The reasons for this include the prohibitive out-of-pocket costs leading to deaths due to withdrawal from dialysis, relocation of some patients abroad, and renal transplantation (performed abroad).…”