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  • Ogun residents to get free eye surgery

    The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said residents with eye problems will soon get free surgery and  glasses.

    Ipaye spoke at the kick off of a free eye surgery programme organised by The Collectives at Sagamu, Ogun State.

    He said residents with cataract and glaucoma would be treated free.

    Ipaye said over 20,000 residents had benefited from a social health insurance scheme called Araya, where the government takes care  of the less-privileged. He noted that about 24 health centres in the private and public sectors had already enlisted in the scheme, adding that the government pays the premium monthly.

    He added that people, especially children under five and pregnant women had received ante-natal care, malaria, hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis and other common killer diseases treatment free.

    ”Our simple approach in reaching the people of the state was we adopt “think-tank approach” where we do the supplies of drugs to the hospitals and primary health care centres across the three Senatorial districts, transfer of equipment and assessment of workforce to the appropriate hospitals, training and re-training of our health workers, and we do motivate them to be proactive,” Ipaye said.

    A Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr. Oladapo Awodein, charged the government to make blindness a priority by providing proper eye care service from primary, secondary and tertiary health care.

    He noted thatthe eyes matter a lot, saying that globally 38 million people are blind, while half of them suffer from cataract and about eight million people from glaucoma, adding that blindness from glaucoma was irreversible.

    ”Hence, when we have 38 million people getting blind and in Nigeria over two million people being blind. This is quite significant, if you take the population of Nigeria being around 180 million; the ratio two to 180 is, indeed, significant,” Awodein said.

    He government should provide an enabling environment for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to partner the government like The Collectives. ‘’They should be recognised and appreciated,’’ he added.

  • Burn victim needs N2m for surgery

    Burn victim needs N2m for surgery

    The family of Mr Jimoh Arola is seeking financial assistance for plastic surgery on their 35-year-old daughter, Afuzat Jimoh, whose face, hands, neck and chest were burnt  following her fall into boiling oil in Ejigbo, Lagos State.

    The woman, who just gave birth when the incident happened eight years ago, was said to be suffering from a sickness which made her to fall into the boiling oil. She was said to be frying meat to prepare food when the incident happened.

    The incident has, however, left her with a  scary look, which has hindered her from living the life she desired.

    Afusat said she had no choice than to sit down at home all day. “I don’t have a choice than to go to the streets to beg for means of livelihood. I am hale and hearty and my brain is intact. Even though, I lost one eye to the incident, I can talk, work and do any kind of business, but my physical look will scare people away.  If I am able to do the plastic surgery, I will be able to live a normal life again,” she said.

    She continued:“Before the incident, I was into sales of provisions. I was married and I was nursing a baby. But, during my treatment at LASUTH, which took over a year, I lost my baby, probably due to lack of motherly care; I was not available to breast feed her and she rejected baby food. My husband was also nowhere to be found during my treatment. It was about a year after the incident that I heard that he died in an accident. My mother was also away for over five years under the pretext that she went to look for money. My aged sick father could do little or nothing to help my condition.”

    Her uncle, AbdulahiAyinla, who visited The Nation in search of help for his niece, said the girl was too young to live the rest of her life begging for alms or relying on family members for help.

    He said her present look would not enable her get a job, do business or get married. “We have taken her to several homes to work as house maid, but whenever people see her face-to-face, they reject her,”he said.

    He explained how the incident happened: “Afusat suffers from a sickness that makes her dizzy. When it strikes, she feels dizzy and she will fall down if she has nowhere to rest on. On that day, she was frying meat, when the sickness struck her and she fell into boiling oil which caught fire. She was meant to prepare food in the house of her father’s younger brother, whom she took her baby to visit. It took the intervention of a Good Samaritan to remove her from the fire. She was treated at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). But she needs plastic surgery to look normal again. A doctor in LASUTH told us that the operation can be done in LASUTH; she will require four stages of the surgery and each would cost at least 500,000, about N2 million,”he said.

    He recalled that when Afusat’s baby died, they did not let her know until about three years after to prevent the news from adding more problems to her health.

    “We need help, we are not particular about getting the money or seeing it. Anybody, who wants to help us should go to LASUTH to make payment and let us know. All we need is for the operation to be done.”

    “Her father should have been the one going round to seek help for her, but his health hindered him.  Our family cannot afford the means to operate on her.There is no work she can do with her condition. If she sells food, no one will stand in her front. If she sells provisions, no one will buy. If we take her to anywhere to work as maid, no one will allow her work with them. We need help,” he said.

    An account has been opened with the UBA. The account name is Afusat Jimoh and the number is 2094038600. She can be reached on 09051602282, while Ayinla can be reached on 08023446178.

  • Five-year-old needs N1m for surgery

    Five-year-old needs N1m for surgery

    Five-year-old Oluwajuwonlo Ezekiel was not destined to experience the current trauma. However, her present predicament crept in during her delivery in one of the government hospitals in Akure, the Ondo state capital due to alleged negligence of the doctor in charge.

    To get out of this problem, her poor parents needed about N1m and are now pleading for financial assistance from benevolent Nigerians.

    The young girl was referred from the Akure hospital to the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan following what she suffered during assisted forceps delivery of the mother, Mrs. Adenike Ezekiel.

    According to the UCH Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, Dr O. Fasina, examination revealed a neonate with sutured laceration of the left upper and lower lids with medial canthal involvement, proptosed left eyeball with lateral deviation.

    He said the visual acuity of the little girl was difficult to assess and already had been given ocular ultrasound and CT Scan done while on admission and was discharged for follow-up clinic.

    Dr Fasina said the little girl is currently stable enough to undergo surgical repair of the eyelids lacerations and orbit exploration with squint surgery under general anaesthesia.

    Mrs Ezekiel, a petty trader, urged well-meaning Nigerians to rescue her daughter by assisting the family to save the girl from the eye trauma which is accompanied with severe headache.

    Well-meaning Nigerians can assist Little Oluwajuwonlo Ezekiel through Sterling Bank Account Number 0026834927, Account Name: Ezekiel Adenike Aina.

    For more verification, contact Mrs. Adenike Ezekiel on 09030369549.

  • Farmer’s child needs N2m for bladder surgery

    Farmer’s child needs N2m for bladder surgery

    A peasant farmer in Enugu State Joseph Chijoke Emmanuel is desperately seeking over N2 million from individuals, government and corporate organisations for three surgeries to correct his son’s defective bladder.

    Emmanuel’s three-year-old son, Chizuroke, was born with a hole in his bladder, making it impossible for him to urinate with his manhood. As a result he wears diapers to avoid messing himself up with urine.

    For three years, Joseph and his wife Grace have been going through harrowing times seeking for financial help after exhausting the funds at their disposal.

    Their efforts to raise funds paid off as they initially received nearly N1 million for the first surgery called bladder closure.

    The problem the family is faced with now is how to raise N2.1million for the three remaining surgeries which include bladder neck repair that would cost N902,000; Epispadia repair that will gulp N635,120.00 and Reflux Surgery that would take N626,120.00.

    Emmanuel, who narrated his ordeal to our correspondent, said that while being grateful for the initial help from the public, he will be even happier and relieved if the public can help again with the remaining cash required for the three surgeries.

    “We humbly want to appreciate the entire people of the public following how they assisted us in contributing to the surgery of our son, Emmanuel Chizuruoke, who was born with a defect called bladder ex trophy which made him unable to urinate.  His doctor said that he was going to undergo four surgeries which include bladder closure, bladder neck repair, Epispadia repair and Reflux.

    “We are back to tell you that the first surgery, bladder closure, was successful and it wouldn’t have been possible without your contributions, We are grateful to all. May God Almighty bless you abundantly.

    “We are still pleading with you to assist in the remaining three surgeries the child is still going to undergo which will cost two million one hundred thousand, N2,100,000.00. Please, our brothers and sisters, we still plead with you all to assist us for we cannot afford such amount of money.  We are counting on you so much. Please help us and God will not fail you in any way,” Emmanuel pleaded.

    Emmanuel disclosed that all these while, they have been going to the University Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu for the repair because they cannot afford to fly him abroad that might cost more to accomplish.

    Emmanuel, who said that they hail from Nkerefi in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, said that before they cried out to the whole world, they tried to raise money in their community who are predominantly peasant farmers, to no avail and are left with the option of crying out to the whole world to come to their rescue.

    “We made efforts to get help from our community, Nkerefi. Our people are mainly farmers and no one could help us,” he lamented.

    Donors may send their donations to the following accounts: Emmanuel Divine Chizuruoke, UBA, 2078001642 or Emmanuel Grace Sharon, FCMB, 3251364010.

  • OTUNBAJO: I’ll be back stronger, better after surgery

    OTUNBAJO: I’ll be back stronger, better after surgery

    Olaitan Otubanjo was undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s deadliest youthful striker last season when he struck 22 times in 26 appearances for Austria side, FC Blau-Weiß Linz to command huge attraction from clubs in Germany, Turkey and Italy.

    By the time the usual summer transfer frenzy was over, Olaitan who was a member of the Golden Eaglets that won Silver when Nigeria hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2009 berthed at Slovakia top side MSK Zilina in a swoop he said ‘was too good to ignored.’

    Pronto, the 24-year-old striker was firing on all cylinders yet again and has already scored 11 goals in the Slovakia League and Cup when he copped an injury last November and was subsequently operated upon.

    “I twisted my ankle during our home game against Tranava FC   and thought it wasn’t serious but I ended up in hospital,” Otubanjo fondly called Oladinho told The Nation Sport & Style. “It was around 25 to 30 minute that I ran into a defender and twisted my ankle; I was out of the game thinking it was minor one until the doctor said I have to go through the operation after further examinations because s there were bruises and some pieces inside my leg. “

    Oladinho said he was under both physical and psychological pains watching his team mates filling out for duty week in-week-out he undergoes his regimen in the gymnasium.

    “It is painful not being able to play since November 21 last year,” he admitted.

    “I missed four games last year because of the injury and has already missed five this year and painfully, we have already lost out of the Cup and I’m not happy about this.

    “It’s painful to lose out of the Cup especially because we sacrificed so much even before getting to the quarter finals.

    “I’m always a positive person and I have belief in God almighty that I will be back and better once the doctors give me the greenlight to return to the pitch.; I would be hungry, aggressive for more goals and hopefully, I can continue where I stopped by banging in more goals.”

    The good news now is that Otubanjo is warming up to return to the pitch disclosing that his return might be sooner than expected: “The rehab is going well and I have already been doing some indoor exercises and my condition is improving though I have not been given a specific date of return.

    “I’m running well now and when the running is strong and good, then I can confidently say I’m good to go.”

    The youngster quit bachelorhood last year and revealed his wife, Ololade who joined him at his new base early the New Year has more than provided the needed succour: “Yes, I have Ololade with me now and I’m more than happy with that development.

    “She couldn’t join me immediately after we got married as she needed to sort out her papers; glory be to God she is here when I really need her most.

    “She has been very supportive and it is a great comfort having her around me now,” she added.

  • Eight-month-old boy needs N3.5m for heart surgery

    Eight-month-old boy needs N3.5m for heart surgery

    An eight-month-old boy, Mubarak Jaiyesimi, is down with a heart disease.

    An outpatient with  registration number 671632 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos, he lives on compound drugs.

    Jaiyesimi, who was born on May 25, last year, was barely two weeks old when it was discovered that his breathing was abnormal. He was initially taken to a private hospital in Ikorodu, Lagos, from where he was referred to another private hospital on Victoria Island, Lagos last June 23. Later, Dr. Imam referred him to the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, LUTH last August 2. At first, he was placed on admission and later became an outpatient.

    A Consultant Paediatrician, Prof. C. A. N. Okoromah’s summary of Mubarak Jaiyesimi’s medical report, dated last October 28, stated that the boy has a symptomatic congenital heart disease. This was confirmed by echocardiography to consist of Large Per Membranous Ventricular Septic Defect, Patent Ductus Arterial Hypertension with good Biventricular Function in Down’s Syndrome.

    Mubarak, the medic said, required further cardiovascular evaluation and open heart surgery to correct his heart’s defects to forestall irreversible and life-threatening complications; “that, for this to be carried out, it would require nothing less than N3.5m,” she added.

    The parents of the boy live at number 7, Owolowo Street, Ojubode, Ikorodu with Mubarak’s two elder brothers who are 14 and 11 years old.

    The boy’s father, Abayomi, 40,   is a driver while his mother, Monsurat Jaiyesimi (08168415370), 38, is a caterer.

    According to the couple, life has become unbearable as they have exhausted their savings on the boy’s medication.

    The father said: “The means to raise the said amount for the quick surgical intervention for his survival has become a problem hence, the need to appeal to every well-meaning, good spirited and open-handed individuals, philanthropists, corporate bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and religious leaders for their financial assistance.

    “Your passion, care and contribution shall never be in vain, our fervent prayer is that may the Almighty God bless you abundantly for your labour of love. Amen.”

    He urged the public to send their onations to: Jaiyesimi Mubarak Anuoluwapo’s Diamond Bank Account Number: 0087458674.

  • Ibinabo recounts pains of surgery, failed marriage

    Ibinabo recounts pains of surgery, failed marriage

    •Unveils eight beneficiaries of her scholarship at birthday gig

    It was a different kind of celebration for embattled actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima who clocked 44 years last Friday.
    The mother of three, at her birthday gig in Lekki Phase one, hosted her celebrity colleagues, the media and officials of Heritage Bank, sponsors of her annual scholarship scheme tagged ‘Go To School’, meant for kids under the age of 10.
    High point of the celebration was the unveiling of five beneficiaries in the maiden edition of the scholarship scheme, a charity she has since embarked upon despite a manslaughter case that is pending.
    Recall that Ibinabo is on bail of a court proceeding over an accident that led to the death of one Dr Suraj Giwa in 2006.
    The actress thanked the recipients for allowing her to be a part of their lives saying, “It is good to have children who you can give the best education, but when you look out there, you see thousands of children whose parents cannot afford to send them to school. I know assisting eight people will at least change their lives in some ways,” she said.
    This is not the first time the actress will be engaging in philanthropic gestures. She had long been interested in children and had even adopted some as her children.
    The beneficiaries include; Paul Prince Stephens from Akwa Ibom, Arinze Maxi Chukwu from Anambra, Odunaike Olamilekan from Lagos, and Treasure Okwuke from Edo State. Others include, Oluwafemi Usman, and three other children from one family in Kogi State.
    Some of her colleagues at the event are Charles Granville, Aneke Twins, AY, Ricardo Agbor and Monalisa Chinda.
    Shortly before her birthday party, Ibinabo had revealed via the social media, the collapse of her two-year-old marriage to Uche Egbuka in a birthday message to her fans. She also narrated, while thanking God, the surgical pains she had to go through in her fight against breast cancer.
    She wrote on Instagram: “The last year in particular has severally presented survival as a questionable option. Giving me struggles that seemed impossible to deal with, fading my strength to keep going by the minute feeding my fears and insecurities with worries that come to steal joy.
    “From the shock of a 3 time presence of lumps in the breast to surgeries; fighting for my life and the pain of dissolution of a bond I hoped to keep with a life time partner and the re-emergence of singleness.”

  • PDP needs surgery, says Sheriff-led faction

    PDP needs surgery, says Sheriff-led faction

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction, led by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has canvassed repositioning the party through a major political surgery.

    A statement signed by the faction’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bernard Mikko, in Abuja, noted that the party was undergoing stress and political hemorrhage arising from structural impunity, indiscipline and lack of respect for the rule of law.

    Mikko said such action compromised the party’s unity, strength and loss of focus on key values that engendered public trust and electoral victory for PDP.

    “To reverse these trends, a major political surgery has to be undertaken to get the party out of the grip of some selfish, lawless and undisciplined individuals – those that have used our platform to public reckoning, but now want to make the party an exclusive property of theirs.

    “The PDP as you know is the only formidable political institution that has remained so without change of name, slogan or nomenclature.

    “The weakness and schisms within the hierarchy of our party today is as a result of violent disregard of our constitution, ethics and rules of engagements of divergent opinions within and outside the party,’’ he said.

    Mikko added that politics is about building consensus and legitimacy to promote unity through equity, fairness and justice.

    “The case before the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, is essentially to determine the legality or otherwise of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led national caretaker committee, which has no place in the PDP’s constitution,’’ he said.

     

  • VISION RESTORED WITHOUT SURGERY

    VISION RESTORED WITHOUT SURGERY

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    It was only surprising to see that the full brightness of the day’s sunlight was not enough prerequisite for me to see clearly.

     

    I refuse to agree that anyone would like to live with the burden of having to carry a thick lens about in order to enhance vision. This is my story;

    I am 22 years old, a three hundred level university undergraduate. It is such a shame that at such a tender age about nineteen I could no longer read without a recommended glass. Although I hear them say it’s in the family. As a matter of fact my dad could hardly read without a lens but his case was different, he was 56 already and could still manage to read bold letters without his glasses.

    It all started gradually and caught everyone by surprise. Initially, I used to suffer severe headache and such periods I would have blurred vision. On most occasions mummy would prescribe pain killers and enough rest. Most times she would say I was probably hungry or stayed too close to a screen. Thankfully, it always worked out. The headache would diminish after a while and I will regain my vision. However, something was constant amongst all these feelings and this was the fact that I could no longer see clearly under dim light. Often times when I stress myself to read under this condition I ended up with swollen eyes.

     

    My dad took me took me to an optician. I was diagnosed with glaucoma. I was to use series of eye drops and some oral medications since my case wasn’t extremely severe.  It got worse and at times I would not see clearly when the light was too bright. I suffered headache and eye hitching most of the times. What angered me most was that I could no longer stay up for long hour to read. A surgery was carried out so as to suppress the pains which I still felt anyway. In the end I had to leave with a recommended lens. I never liked the idea at all.

    Not even the occasionalbugging I got from friends who called me “ojuigo”. I am well exposed and believed should be informed. I was persistent online and that was how I ended up reading about natural supplements for albinism, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and hosts of visual impairments. Through this link http://perfectwellnessoptions.com/vision.html I am an adventurist so I decided at once to give it a test without the consent of my parents. I experimented out reading without my lens seven weeks after. I was surprise at my ability to do so. Immediately, I gave my dad a phone call I thought he would scold me for taking such decision without is prior knowledge but to my surprise patronized me. Today, he no longer uses his glasses to readneither do I. My aunt, his younger sister too has gotten her own share of healing.

    How I wish a sufferer out there can be touched and take this bold step by subscribing to the natural supplement from this http://perfectwellnessoptions.com/vision.html, get a true result and drop a feedback online to help others believe. 

  • Untold Story of Nkechi! The Lady that Got Rid of Fibroids Without Surgery

    Untold Story of Nkechi! The Lady that Got Rid of Fibroids Without Surgery

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    About three years ago I passed out at work and was rushed to the hospital. At that time, I was on my menstrual period and had very heavy bleeding. My periods were very heavy for the first three to four days and I would have to wear both pads and tampons at the same time. The bleeding was so bad that I had to change both of them every 2 hours.

    I normally stay at home on the first three days of my period but on this particular day I needed to be at the office to sign some very important paperwork. About thirty minutes before leaving for the day I fainted. My co-workers rushed me to the hospital. While there the doctor told me that I lost a lot of blood and he wanted to give me a blood transfusion. I declined that treatment. I declined the blood transfusion because I didn’t need it since I wasn’t dying,

    I was just anemic from having heavy menstrual periods. The doctor was not pleased with my decision but he didn’t force the issue and I was sent home later that night with some drugs.

    My Struggle with Fibroids

    The reason my periods were so heavy at that time was because of the three fibroids I had in my uterus. I first found out about them back in 2012 and in 2013 I had them removed with surgery. Two years later they came back even bigger. My doctor wanted to schedule another surgery but if it didn’t work the first time why would I go under the knife again for a second time? So I decided to just deal with the pain and heavy bleeding and search for a natural way to get rid of them FOR GOOD!

    Searching for natural ways to get rid of my fibroids was not easy. I saw several advertisements of all kinds of treatments to shrink fibroids. I was a little skeptical but I was desperate to get rid of the fibroids so I tried one in particular which didn’t work. I was still having heavy painful bleeding with lots of clots. I noticed that the soreness in my breast was gone, but after going for another scan, I was told that my fibroids were still there. I was so discouraged that I scheduled an appointment with my doctor to discuss other possibilities for removing the fibroids.

    About two months later, while surfing on the internet I saw a post on Facebook talking about how to get rid of fibroid naturally without surgery. I was very skeptical about it. I didn’t even bother to follow the link in the post to read more. Two days later, as I sat alone in the sitting room feeling hopeless about my fibroid, I decided to go on Facebook and see if I can still access the post I saw two days earlier, thank God I was able to get it. I reluctantly gave the Natural product a try …it just made sense. On September17 of 2015, I began the Fibroid Shrinking program as seen on this website here =>http://bestwellnesstherapy.com.ng/fib.html

    2015: The Turning Point
    after being on this program for about 2 and half months, my period was no longer heavy as before. Usually my periods would last 8 days, with 3 – 4 days being very heavy. I would also spot a lot in between my periods but the spotting stopped, with 2 days of heavy bleeding and my cycle lasting for only 5 days. Once this happened I cancelled my appointment with my doctor and stayed loyal to my program

    The Final Results– Like I said earlier,I had 3 fibroids. One was growing inside my uterus and the other two were inside the walls of my uterus. The largest fibroid was the size of a grapefruit. When I got my results back from a scan I went for, the result shows that I only had one fibroid inside the wall of my uterus and that it was the size of a small apple.  So two fibroids completely dissolved away and the largest one was the size of a small apple instead of a grapefruit. Since I wasn’t having any problems with my periods and 2 out of the 3 fibroids were gone, I decided to just continue with the program and go on with my life.

    Fibroids Completely Gone

    Two months later, I went for another scan and to my surprise and that of my doctor, my fibroids were gone. My doctor kept going over and over the scan result to make sure she was reading it correctly. She couldn’t believe that all of my fibroids were gone without surgery. My uterus was back to its normal size and my periods are now 3 days long. She asked me what I did to make them go away and I told her “I did what I should have done back in 2013. There are not enough words to explain the happiness I have now. I wish I knew about this program when I first had fibroids but as the saying goes “Things happen for a reason”.
    I am so thrilled with my experience that I inspire others to experience for themselves the profound transformation this fibroid treatment program offers.

    I strongly recommend you visit http://bestwellnesstherapy.com.ng/fib.html in case you know someone who has fibroid.

    It has changed my life and now I’m free!