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| Ife-Oluwa Oyeleke |
ELEVEN-year-old Ife-Oluwa Oyeleke was
lively and playful; but now, her life is being threatened by a heart
condition that has been diagnosed as mitral valvular prolapse.
Her father, Babatunde Oyeleke, said
Ife-Oluwa was a JSS 1 pupil of Oluwatobi Progressive Secondary School,
Olorunsogo, Ilorin, Kwara State before she became bedridden.
Oyeleke, who hails from Ogbomosho, Oyo
State but resides in Ilorin, said he had exhausted all his savings and
even sold some personal property to pay for his child’s treatment. The
situation has only worsened, though.
He said Ife-Oluwa’s ill health became obvious last year when she collapsed while playing with peers at home.
“It was early January in 2013. She was
playing around the home after returning from school when she suddenly
collapsed. Neigbours and family members poured water on her and she was
revived.
“After some months, she became sick
again. We took her to one hospital in Ilorin, where the doctor treated
her for typhoid fever. Three months later, she took ill again and we
took her to our family doctor where we spent some days.
“The doctor confessed that he did not
have the equipment to do appropriate tests and referred us to the
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. She spent about 21 days there
before she was diagnosed of heart disease.
“The doctors said she needs N3m for the
surgery, which we don’t have. I appeal to the federal and state
governments, corporate organisations, groups and individuals to help me
raise N3m for the treatment of my daughter,” he said.
A medical report by Consultant Paediatric
Cardiologist, UITH, Dr. Abdulkadir M.B., states that Ife-Oluwa has been
diagnosed with a structural heart disease (mitral valvular prolapse)
which has made her heart to be abnormally large.
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