At the time of filing this report, the hitherto brilliant and active lad lay bedridden at Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, owing to the sudden appearance of a brain tumour, which is threatening to sound a death knell to his future, if his taxi driver father fails to cough out N1 million.
Daily Sun gathered that the boy’s ailment has seen him being taken from one hospital to another, including the University College Hospital (UCH), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta where he is currently admitted
According to his father, Mr. Olanrewaju Okunlola, a lot of money had been spent on series of medical investigations and medications. “In spite of all that, the doctors said the only option left is a surgery,” a distraught Mr. Okunola submitted with a strong tone of sorrow.
In a referral letter to Lagos University Teaching Hospital dated November 20, 2013, signed by one Dr. Alaba of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta and made available to Daily Sun, a diagnostic CT scan revealed that the patient had a deadly brain tumour. Part of the letter reads: ‘The above named is a 10 year old known brain tumour patient(CT scan diagnosed Sella meningioma) who was diagnosed in this centre and promptly referred to UCH, Ibadan about 7/52 ago for treatment’
Information in the letter also revealed that the little boy had suffered seizures and loss of consciousness. As at the time of making the referral, the boy was unconscious.
Dr. Alaba also stated that the kid was on one occasion seen at UCH Ibadan, but his father defaulted in further clinic visits.
But in his explanation, the boy’s father said that the default was not intentional, as he had been unable to cope financially with the treatment. He confessed that apart from having spent all he earned as a taxi driver on his son’s illness, he was currently swimming in huge debts.
He told Daily Sun that the operation plus medication and other sundry expenses were estimated to gulp about N1million, “an amount I have not even seen in my dreams”, he lamented.
Expressing optimism that his son would survive the operation if the money was provided, Mr Okunola appealed to well meaning Nigerians and members of the public to help save his dying son.
“The operation and everything will cost about N1million and my wife and I have spent everything we have on the disease. Please help me. Please, Nigerians should help save my son” he begged.
Mr. Okunola, can be reached on any of the phone numbers: 08177646637, 08032149624
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