PHOTO: Baby With ‘Divided Face’ Loses Eye, Parents Seek Help

Parents of a 6-year-old boy suffering from a serious illness turned to Nigerians through Vanguard urging people to prevent their son from going blind.

Kate Takon Neji, Joshua’s mother from Cross River state, explained that their son had been diagnosed with cleft palate when he was born. Now he needs N3.5 million to undergo facial reconstruction surgery in India. The little boy has already lost the right eye, but the operation will save him from losing the left eye. The family does not have this amount of money for the medical procedure.

Neji narrated that her son, born with a “divided face”, had undergone a surgery at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital shortly after birth. Another operation was conducted in 2011 already in Abuja, however, it was not successful.

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“We had to return to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital to tell the doctors about the development. Specifically, water and some whitish substances still come out of the only functional eye and this is a major challenge for him at school, as he finds it very difficult looking at the chalkboard.

Joshua Takon

“It was from there that we were referred to Primus International Super Specialty Hospital, Abuja, where we were told they do not have the facility to carry out this type of surgery. The hospital later referred us to their branch in India.

“We were told by the hospital that it would cost a minimum of $16,000, about N3.5 million, for medical, transport and other expenses for the trip to India. We have spent all we had on the first two surgeries. I am a seamstress while my husband is a cocoa farmer. All our earnings have been spent on the first two surgeries, while my husband had to dispose of his land to meet the cost of one of the operations.”

The family therefore appeals to well-meaning Nigerians for help. 

Find the banking details for donation on Vanguard.

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