9th July, 2015
Kazeem Ugbodaga
A 35-year old man, Adeola Michael Olayimika is on the verge of death if nothing urgent is done to salvage the situation as he cried unto Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to save him from death.
Olayimika walked into the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria with a strange protruding stomach occasioned by kidney problem.
He has exhausted all his savings he made from selling rod, a metal substance widely used in the construction industry.
According to him, his wife, Oyedopo Adenike has absconded, leaving him to care for his ailment and his five-year old child.
Olayimika’s abdomen continues to protrude by the minutes, no thanks to kidney failure. He is currently on dialysis in one of the private hospitals in Aromire, Ikeja. He started treating himself nine years ago shortly after he detected the disease.
He said he spent lots of money on dialysis as he needs N105,000 for dialysis three times a week.
To have a permanent solution to his ailment, he said he needs N7 million for a kidney transplant in India.
He called on his home governor in Kwara state, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed; Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to assist him in footing the bill and save him from this untimely death.
He explained that he initially wrote to the former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, whom he said gave approval for the operation but that he could not be attended to due to exigencies of the 2015 elections and could not see Fashola before he vacated office.
Adeoye who said he neither smokes nor drinks said few weeks ago, he addressed a letter to Ambode requesting his assistant.
“I have spent a lot of money for treatment to the extent of selling off all my belongings just to get my health restored back to normal again.
“But as I speak, I was advised by medical experts to go for kidney transplant in India and this process will cost me over N7 million and I don’t have such amount of money,” he said in his appeal to Ambode.
He said he has sent similar letter through DHL to the Kwara State Governor but that he is yet to get any reply from him.
A letter from the board of his hospital, Nephrology Clinic, signed by Professor D. A. Oke (President) and Dr. J. O. Awobusuyi and Dr. M. Amisu, noted that the board examined the patient and diagnosed him with End State Renal Disease(ESRD) nine years ago and is currently on maintenance dialysis.
“Dialysis treatment has been un-frequent for financial reason. He currently intends to have kidney transplant done in hospital in India, but has financial constraints in realizing this objective, hence his request for this assistance. Review of his medical examination support the diagnosis of ESRD.
“Mr. Adeoye is considered a candidate for kidney transplant and his request is genuine. We recommend that assistance should be given to him to enable him undergo kidney transplant,” the board said.