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Neri Joseph needs N6.6million to undergo heart surgery

By Emmanuel Shedrach
02 December 2021   |   4:10 am
At three months, Neri Joseph Chukwuemeka, son of Mrs. Christy Joseph, a broadcast journalist and Deputy Director at Voice of Nigeria was discovered to have aortic stenosis.

At three months, Neri Joseph Chukwuemeka, son of Mrs. Christy Joseph, a broadcast journalist and Deputy Director at Voice of Nigeria was discovered to have aortic stenosis.

He had his first surgery at five months in Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). At four years in 2012, after the parents had raised N3 million, he was taken to Vikram Hospital, Bangalore, India, for an open-heart surgery.

Unfortunately, the surgery turned out not successful during follow up checks at LUTH. Since then, he’s been managing the crisis with medications and regular check ups.

Following a recent check-up at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, he was immediately referred to either the United Kingdom or United States of America for another open-heart surgery.

As a result of the huge amount envisaged for the overseas treatment, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), referred the patient to Babcock University Teaching Hospital’s Tristate Heart and Vascular Center in Ogun State, where the specialists have confirmed that his aortic valve will have to be replaced as soon as possible.

The estimated cost for the Cardiac Catherterisation and Aortic Valve replacement as given by the hospital is six million and six hundred naira (N6.6 million).

The doctors’ reports have been provided accordingly.

Neri will be 14 years old in December. Please help us save the life of the young boy by contributing to have his surgery done.

You can donate by using this link: https://donate-ng.com/campaign/heart-surgery-for-14-years-old-neri or by sending your fund directly to his mother’s account:

Name: Christy Joseph-Chukwuemeka O.

Bank Name: First Bank Savings Account

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