By Correspondent in Lokoja.
Faith Sunday a 30 years young lady from Okene , Kogi state who has been bedridden in the last six months has appealed to spirited individuals, government and corporate organisations to come to her aid to upset her hospital bills running to N2.3 million at Shifaah Hospital in Lokoja.
Faith Sunday after the latest operation.
Sunday said her ordeal started in Lagos State, following a surgical operation performed on her to remove fibroid but the operation ended in error where her intestine was tempered.
According to her, six days after the failed operation,she started developing complications and the hospital referred her to another hospital where she was asked to deposit N1.5 million before operation could commence.
The victim, who could not raise the sum as deposit said she remained at home for several days before her mother went to Lagos and brought her to Shifaah Hospital in Lokoja for medical attention.
Speaking to newsmen at the premises of Shifaah Hospital, Dr Muazu Musa, said as at the time the victim was brought to their hospital, 72 days ago,she was unconscious, but the hospital was able to stabilize her before he and other doctors performed exploratory laparotomy (Resection and Anastomosis) on her to correct the error inflicted on her in one of the hospitals in Lagos.
“We quickly stabilize her and performed exploratory laparatomy which is Resection and Anastomosis surgery on her that lasted for upward of eight hours and it took another 24 hours before she regained consciousness.
“We have been managing her condition in the last 72 days in this hospital and while we are doing that, her mother who went to Lagos and brought her to this hospital fell sick and died. The late mother used to be her major financier as her father is a retiree.
“We thank Almighty God that she has recovered but the major challenge we have now is how she can upset her hospital bills which has accumulated to N2.3 million and still running because she is still within the hospital facility. We suppose to discharge her since two weeks, Dr Muazu Musa said.
The Chairperson, Kogi NGO Network and Executive Director Renaissance Care and Empowerment Foundation (RECEF) Nigeria, Idris Ozovehe Muraina, said Faith Sunday’s case was one of those serious medical challenges that needed urgent intervention.
He also appealed to well spirited individuals, government and philanthropists and corporate organisations to please come to the aid of Faith Sunday,to enable her pay her hospital bills so that she could go home to take good care of herself
Muraina commended Dr Muazu Musa for his prompt response in attending to Faith Sunday’s condition without demanding for deposits before the surgical operation commenced,to safe life first.
“It is Faith Sunday now it could be any body, that is why we are calling on philanthropists to contribute in savibg Faith’s life” he said.
“Below is Faith Sunday’s bank details: 2107700887 Sunday Faith Omeneke. U.B.A
Contact no. 08163565382.
“Thanks as you response to safe life,” he said.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.