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Saturday 1 November 2014
Man needs N8m for kidney transplant
Anokwuru would have loved to celebrate his 35th
birthday partying with family and friends on
October 23, 2014, but the young man’s fate did
not afford him such pleasure. In fact, only a few
of his friends and family could wish him happy
birthday: they seem not to have the emotional
strength to wish him one.
In 2012 when Anokwuru was feeling unusually
weak and dizzy, he had no idea of the pain ahead.
Handsome and well-built, some of the female
friends that once admired him had since stopped
calling him. The feeling of love for him has now
turned to that of sympathy – how emotions can
quickly fade!
After proper diagnosis by medical experts, it was
discovered that one of his kidneys had failed. And
since then, the once smiles-beaming face of the
bachelor has shrunk. Sitting down on a couch in
his apartment with a protruded belly, it seems like
his world is crashing right in his face. His business
is gone already; and he is afraid his life may be
gone also if he is unable to raise the fund for a
kidney transplant in an Indian hospital.
The Edo State indigene told Saturday PUNCH “Two years ago, I
came home
unusually feeling
dizzy and weak. I
thought it was
malaria or
probably
fatigue. When it
was getting
worse, I went for a medical checkup and there I
got the most unexpected news about me.
“Doctors said I had kidney failure. I was shedding
tears because I knew what that meant. I was told
to start dialysis, which has wiped away all my
savings and other resources. If I fail to go for the
dialysis, I feel severe pain in my body. This
suffering is too much for me and I wish this cup
will pass over me. This is not the kind of life I
wished for.”
Since he barely had the strength to talk long, his
sister, Mrs. Lorretta Udemba, said since his
predicament began, friends and relatives had
spent almost all their life savings to save her
sibling. She added that his situation had become a
nightmare to the family because “we are drained
of all our resources.”
“Obinna’s medical condition was first detected in
2012, and he immediately started dialysis, which
the family was able to sustain for some months.
But we have not been able to continue with it due
to financial constraints. Right now, his condition
has deteriorated as you can see how helplessly he
is sitting,” she said.
Udemba added that her brother used to go for
dialysis twice a week to stay fit – each session
costing N50,000. She also disclosed that every
month since 2012 when the illness started, the
family spends about N500,000: N400,000 for
dialysis and N100,000 for drugs and other
contingencies. This has caused the family to be
financially strained.
But despite the dialysis, his condition is not
getting any better, and doctors have advised that
kidney transplant in an Indian hospital would be
the way out of his predicament – at a cost of N8m
($48,000). Unfortunately, the family does not have
the wherewithal to bear such cost.
Born to the family of late Bright and Celine
Anokwuru, Obinna’s father was once the national
auditor of the Nigeria Labour Congress, where he
served together with the current governor of Edo
State, Adams Oshiomhole.
“We urgently need the help of kind-hearted
people to assist us with the cost of sending him
abroad for the kidney transplant, which has been
estimated at N8m, excluding the amount we will
give to the kidney donor. We will not take any
kind gesture for granted. Please come to our aid
before my brother dies,” Udemba pleaded.
Obinna and his sister, Lorretta Udemba, could be
reached on 08029002341, 08033026271, and
07033462302. His account details are also as
follows: Name: Anokwuru Victor Obinna; Account
numbers: GT BANK (0116983382) or ECOBANK
(2951027692).
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