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Five-month-old Timothy needs N5.4 million for open-heart surgery

By Jesutomi Akomolafe
03 June 2022   |   2:45 am
The family of five-month-old Timothy Olaoluwa, needs N5.435 million for open-heart surgery to be carried out later this month.

Timothy

The family of five-month-old Timothy Olaoluwa, needs N5.435 million for open-heart surgery to be carried out later this month.

  
Timothy was diagnosed with a hole in the heart and has been managed on several occasions for Bronchopneumonia with Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease, Down Syndrome and Congenital Hypothyroidism.
 
He is currently being managed at the Massey Children Hospital, Lagos Island, Lagos.
 
According to his medical Consultant Paediatrician, Massey Street Children’s hospital, Dr. Omotola Majiyagbe, Timothy is a known patient of the Cardiology Unit, who has been treated on account of Bronchopneumonia.
 
“Timothy has been managed on several occasions on account of Bronchopneumonia in a child with Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease with features of Down Syndrome and Congenital Hypothyroidism. He has had Echocardiography done, which showed large inlet ventricular septal defect extending into the perimembranous region measuring 15.5mm with severe pulmonary hypertension,” she said.
 
She added that the child has since been on oral anti-failure medication and that he will need further cardiovascular evaluation and surgical intervention to correct his heart defect to prevent life-threatening complications.
   
The surgery is expected to take place at a specialist hospital, Tristate hospital, Lekki, Lagos with an estimated bill of N7,435,000 million.
 
According to Tristate Hospital, the estimated cost includes preoperative evaluation, N175,000, Catheterization, N700,000, Ventricular Septal Defect Repair, N6,500.000 and Covid test for the patient and (1) relative, N60,000.
 
Mr. Olaoluwa told The Guardian that he has been able to raise N2 million. He appealed to well-meaning Nigerians, including state and non-state actors to save his son’s life. 

Help could be sent to Samuel Awoyemi Olaoluwa, Account number: 0241070001, Guaranty Trust Bank or call 08065304778. 

 
 

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