Bashiru Alafe, 42, a vulcaniser, has been running helter skelter for the past six months to save the life of his daughter, Shukurat, 15, an SS1 student of East City College, Ikorodu, who according to medical reports has developed end-stage kidney failure.
Alafe told Saturday Vanguard that about N6.5million is needed to carry out a kidney transplant in India.
Narrating the story, he said “In November last year, she was ill with swollen legs and eyes and we went to a hospital where we were referred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.
There, she was diagonised with a kidney infection. After a few weeks, we were told that it has affected the other kidney since we have been running dialysis every week at the cost of N50,000 and N75,000 per week.”
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Bashiru...needs help[/caption]On getting donors for the kidneys, he disclosed that the Lions Club, Ojota has reduced their burden by finding two donors who are ready to give one of their kidneys for Shukurat. “Lions club has been with us, they have helped in getting two donors who are ready to give their kidneys for Shukurat to live. We are only looking for the money now.
“The dialysis we run every week is financially sapping. My family members have been exhausted financially, my wife is only a petty trader, that is why we are crying to well-meaning Nigerians to come to our aid in order to save the life of this young girl.
Her colleagues in school constantly mobilise for funds from their parents and other religious associations. What we have been able to get from these areas is being used to keep her alive with the dialysis.”
According to a letter signed by Dr. Mrs Ladapo Taiwo, a Consultant Paediatrician at the hospital, “Shukurat’s kidneys are not functioning and will ultimately require a kidney transplant to stay alive. Prior to this, she will have to be connected to a special machine called a hemodialysis which will act like her kidney and help to remove all the waste substances from her body.
“This needs to be done three times a week. She will also need to be on some drugs to provide her body with some nutrients required for blood formation and strong bones which the kidney usually provides.”
Alafe also stated that apart form the one dialysis session which costs about N25,000 amounting to N75,000 per week, she takes Erythropoietin injection, one of the drugs required for blood formation which costs N12,000 per week. “I therefore appeal to Nigerians to come to my aid to save the life of my daughter.” His account detail is as follows: Kabiru Bashiru Alafe, 1018974320, Skye Bank, Ikorodu
He can be reached on 08186000064, 08023938220.
