By Joshua Uche and Adams Oluwatosin
A 16-year-old boy, David Soyemi, needs N13.5million to live.
David has been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, a condition in which his kidney can no longer function adequately. The patient is currently on twice-weekly hemodialysis, which is sustaining his life for now.
But his doctors have warned that he requires a kidney transplant that will cost N13.5million.
A consultant nephrologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Meta, Lagos, Dr. Nmadu D.A., made the transplant recommendation in an August 24, 2023, medical report, seen by The Nation.
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It reads: “A 16-year-old male who is currently being managed by the nephrology unit on an out-patient basis as a case of end-stage renal disease from chronic glomerulonephritis.
“In this case, he clearly has kidney disease and the ultimate solution is a kidney transplant.”
Soyemi is appealing to the public to come to his aid as the cost of a kidney transplant is beyond what his family can afford.
Donations to Soyemi can be sent directly to his parents’ bank account.