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| Adesanya Olawale |
A 37-year-old man, Adesanya Olawale, is
in critical condition and needs an urgent kidney transplant in India,
otherwise he will die.
Adesanya, who had visited four different
hospitals in Lagos and Ogun states, had been told at different times
that he was suffering from malaria, typhoid and appendicitis.
He was about to undergo surgical
procedure for appendicitis in a hospital in Abeokuta when a nurse took
his blood samples for another test. That was when it was discovered that
he was suffering from kidney problem and needed a transplant.
Adesanya, who had so far undergone 10 dialysis explained that his parents could no longer afford the
bills and he had been advised to go for a kidney transplant in India.
Our correspondent was told that he had to
be removed from the hospital and taken to Ogere area of Ogun State,
where his widowed mother lives. During a visit of our correspondent to
the area, Adesanya said his problem started on the eve of the New Year.
“It was on December 31, around 6am that I
woke up with pain on my back. I thought it was malaria and called my
friend to get me drugs to treat it. But I didn’t see any improvement.
“I was taken to a private hospital at
Morogbo. The doctor ran a test on me and said it was typhoid. He gave me
some drugs. But when I passed urine, I discovered that it was like
Coca-Cola. The doctor said there was no problem and that he would give
me more drugs. He gave me injections and drugs.”
Adesanya said his pain increased and he
had to call his family members to take him out of the hospital because
his condition was not improving. He said the hospital discharged him and
he was taken to Ogun State where his mother resided, having lost his
father some years back.
He said, “I was taken to Iperu hospital
and one doctor Akinsanya started treating me and ran a battery of tests
on me. He said it was appendicitis and that there was need for an
operation to be carried out on me.
“I was prepared for the operation, but as
they were about to begin, a nurse asked how I was feeling and I
explained that I had not been able to go to toilet for about two weeks.
That was how they suspended the operation.”
He said samples of his blood were taken
to a laboratory in Babcock University. The result of the test showed
that his kidney had been affected. He was later taken to Abeokuta where a
doctor commenced another round of treatment, which did not work.
He was finally taken to the Kidney Clinics Nigeria Limited, where he reportedly underwent 10 dialysis processes.
A relation, Mrs. Kemi David, said the
family decided to quit the dialysis treatment because it was aggravating
their brother’s health condition, adding that the family was advised to
let him go for kidney transplant.
She said, “For a dialysis process, we
paid between N35,000 and N45,000, apart from the N6,000 we also paid for
every injection he was taking. After the first three dialyses he had,
we got another medical test result, saying his kidney had packed up and
he needed a transplant.
“We thought we could still go on, until
it became obvious to us that we might be risking his life if we
continued with dialysis.”
She said the family could not go to the state’s general hospital because the doctors were on strike while the victim was sick.
His mother, Risikatu, appealed to Nigerians to help raise funds to save her son’s life.
Adesanya needs N8m for organ transplantation surgery to be done on him in India.
She said, “He is my first child, out of
six; their father is late. We have spent all the money we have and have
even borrowed from friends and relations. We have not been able to raise
a penny out of the N8m that we have been asked to bring. I no longer go
to work because I have to look after him at home. The good people of
Nigeria should please come to my aid.”
The bank details are: Union Bank, Mrs. Kemi David, Account Number: 0027132615.
Our correspondent contacted Mr. Sokunbi
Adebayo of Kidney Clinics Nigeria Ltd., Abeokuta Dialysis Centre where
Adesanya was undergoing dialysis before quitting.
He said, “Yes, he’s been having dialysis
in our clinic and it’s getting increasingly difficult for the family
members to cope with the cost of maintaining the treatment. And because
he’s such a young man and full of life, it is believed that a transplant
will be the best thing for him eventually.
“If he continues with dialysis regularly,
he will be fine. There are people in America who have been on dialysis
for the past 15 years and are living normal lives. So, having regular
dialysis is good enough. But if he neglects to do dialysis or if he
cannot undergo kidney transplant, it might lead to loss of life.”
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