"We Need Financial Help To Treat Our Son": Parents of Boy Suffering from Thoracic Scoliosis Cry Out
- The parents of a Nigerian boy who is suffering from Thoracic Scoliosis have cried out to the general public for assistance in treating their boy
- The mother of the boy, Mrs Abiodun Ojo-Ajefoyinbo told Legit.ng that the boy has been suffering the ailment for the past 10 years
- According to hospital documents sighted by Legit.ng, the family needs the sum of N11,045,000 but they have only raised the sum of N211,000
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Mrs Abiodun Ojo-Ajefoyinbo, a Nigerian mum whose son is suffering from Thoracic Scoliosis has cried out to Nigerians for help.
The boy named Israel has been suffering from the ailment for about 10 years now and all efforts to treat him have proved abortive.
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Financial assistance needed for corrective surgery
Hospital documents seen by Legit.ng say Israel needs urgent spinal fusion, but the family cannot afford the cost.
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The documents signed by Doctor Shobode Mutaleeb of Primerose Specialist Hospital, Lagos say the ailing boy needs urgent spinal fusion to be carried out on him.
The cost of the proposed treatment is pegged at N11,045,000 but the family has only been able to raise N211,000.
I want to be like other children
A video shared by the BBC Pidgin shows the boy saying he wants to be like other kids. He also lamented that he feels he is a burden to his parents.
His mother, Mrs Abiodun who use to run a school said the boy developed the ailment when he was smaller. She said all efforts to bring it under control proved abortive as it has equally cost them a whole lot of money.
The ailment has changed the boy's shape and appearance. The South West Scoliosis Institute described the ailment this way:
"Thoracic scoliosis refers to a sideways curve located in the middle (or thoracic) portion of the spine. Scoliosis occurs in the thoracic area more than in other areas. These scoliosis patients notice changes to their chest, rib cage, and shoulder blades appearance."
Those wishing to help the family should send such helps to GTB, 0050699086 (Ojo-Ajofoyinbo Abiodun Abiola).
Nigerians send help to a blind woman who lives alone in Ibadan
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian woman who is blind called on the public to help her out.
The woman named Mrs Mulikat Sofiu lamented that her husband was late and that all her children were dead.
After the story was published, the woman received help from Nigerians including the gift of a mattress, a gas cylinder, and other goodies.
Source: Legit.ng
