It is unclear.

Snopes.com

snopes.com: Osama bin Laden Kidney Disease Rumor

Status:   Undetermined.

No

Guardian (UK newspaper)

The 10 key myths about Osama bin Laden | World news | guardian.co.uk

There are some reports – not least in the Guantánamo files – of renal problems but certainly not serious enough to kill him.

ABC News

Osama bin Laden Top 5 Health Rumors - ABC News

"Despite the fact that we have all been hearing about his kidney problems and the need for dialysis, according to the intelligence people I've talked to in Washington, there was no evidence of a dialysis machine in the compound where he was found," said Mary Anne Weaver, author of "Pakistan: Deep Inside the World's Most Frightening State."

Osama bin Laden Top 5 Health Rumors - ABC News

Likely False

New York Daily News (newspaper)

Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra while living in compound

Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need an herbal impotence drug.

Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra while living in compound

A Yemeni who was just 17 when she was wed to a middle-aged Bin Laden, Sadeh said the 9/11 mastermind had recovered fully from two kidney surgeries a decade ago, Dawn reported.

articles.nydailynews.com

Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra ...

Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need an herbal impotence drug.

doctorzebra.com

Health & Medical History of Osama bin Laden

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that bin Laden does not need dialysis, but does suffer from kidney stones.

Yes

ABC News

Osama bin Laden Health Rumors: Fact or Fiction?

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he'd taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

Foreign Policy (magazine)

Bin Laden apparently not on dialysis

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he'd taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

Bin Laden apparently not on dialysis | FP Passport

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he'd taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

whatreallyhappened.com

Osama bin Laden: A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government | WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

[A Bush administration official] said U.S. intelligence is that bin Laden needs dialysis every three days and "it is fairly obvious that that could be an issue when you are running from place to place, and facing the idea of needing to generate electricity in a mountain hideout."

Osama bin Laden: A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government | WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

Pakistan's president says he thinks Osama bin Laden is most likely dead because the suspected terrorist has been unable to get treatment for his kidney disease

Osama bin Laden: A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government | WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

He's apparently got dialysis ... for kidney problems.

topix.com

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Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he'd taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

doctorzebra.com

Health & Medical History of Osama bin Laden

There have been reports that bin Laden requires dialysis because of kidney disease.

Health & Medical History of Osama bin Laden

CIA thought thought possibility of kidney disease was credible [1d].

Pervez Musharraf (former President of Pakistan)

Osama bin Laden Top 5 Health Rumors - ABC News

In a January 2002 interview with CNN, Pakistan President Gen.

Osama bin Laden Top 5 Health Rumors - ABC News

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he'd taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

islamabadpost.com

Bin Laden apparently not on dialysis: FP | Islamabad Post

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he’d taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

keephip.com

KeepHip.com

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he'd taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

gyrovague.wordpress.com

Bin Laden apparently not on dialysis « Gyrovague's Raves

Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had probably died of kidney failure, and that he’d taken two dialysis machines into Afghanistan with him.

mydochub.com

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• There have been reports that bin Laden requires dialysis because of kidney disease.

Osama Bin Laden Dead and His Health & Medical History

• There have been reports that bin Laden requires dialysis because of kidney disease.