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Parents of 13 month old Godswill Tom, are passionately appealing to the Abia State Governor, Dr. Theodore Orji to fulfill his promise to advance their son’s heart treatment abroad.
The desperate parents who disclosed that all arrangements to fly Godswill for a life saving open heart surgery in India since 2011, lamented that securing the N3.0 million required the surgery has remained a great challenge.
Godswill is suffering from a heart disease known as Congenital supravalvular mitral stenosis. His parents, Abochi and Ngozi Tom who hail from Ariam-Elu-elu in Ikwuano Local Government area of Abia said the search for funds had taken them to Governor Theodore Orji through a letter written some time ago, appealing for assistance of N3 million.
According to the desperate mother, “Soon after the letter was sent, someone from the Governor’s office identified as
Mr. Ugwuaja called us. He told my husband to source for money for the traveling papers, but my husband didn’t have any money.
Ugwuaja then promised us N1.5 million to process the traveling documents after which he asked us to go to Abia with the documents when we had got them. There was this eagerness to help. But, along the line, I don’t know what happened.
“At another time, we were told to bring the breakdown of the total cost. When our consultant got the breakdown, he said he would see the Governor the day after. But after waiting in vain for three weeks, we decided to return to Lagos,” she remarked.
Presenting a copy of the letter written the Governor , Godswill’s parents are hopeful help would eventually come from the Abia State Government House.
Part of the letter reads: “We do not know who to run to for this help except God, of which we believe He can use you to save our son’s life as He has been using you in other areas. God will not allow your own children or any of your family members to see such problem”
“We believe Governor Orji sincerely wants to help. But then, we can’t just sit and watch our son die. This is why we have come to beg Nigerians to please not allow death snatch away our joy. We know Nigerians will not allow this. So, please, for God’s sake, in anyway you can, let your milk of human kindness flow towards little Godswill, the letter stated.
Ngozi said the boy’s life had been one of constant pains. “Three days after birth, we discovered he had jaundice. So I took him to the Airforce Hospital, Ikeja. Tests showed he had a heart condition. At the Ikeja General Hospital, the diagnosis was the same.
“From there, we were referred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. He was admitted and to date, we’ve been at LUTH. My baby has been on medication. We buy drugs every two weeks. In December 2010, an echo test was done, but it was not until March 2011 that we were told the machine was bad.”
She recalled that in August 2011 when the family was able to raise N30, 000.00 for the test outside LUTH, the result which came out in less than half an hour , confirmed my baby has to be taken to India for surgery”.
A medical report from the LUTH, signed by Associate Professor/Consultant Paediatrician, Dr. C. A. N. Okoromah stated: “We have enjoyed surgical outcomes for our patients treated at the MOIT Hospital and we are referring Godswill to the same hospital.”
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