Must Read: Victory At Last For Kidney Patient

Innocent

 INNOCENT Nnorom, a 38-year-old father of two and an evangelist was recently saved from the clutches of death after a successful kidney transplant in
New Delhi, India.   But he still needs the help of well-meaning Nigerians to live a normal life.
Innocent’s condition was confirmed by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), where he was diagnosed and was receiving treatment before his story was published in The Guardian on December Nigerians and members of his church to raise up to N5 million for the transplant in Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in a letter dated October 2, 2011 and signed by Dr. S. O. Olayemi, a consultant physician, said: “Nnorom Innocent with Hospital number 583121, male, aged 38, is being managed for end-stage kidney disease secondary to chronic hepatitis B-induced glomerulonephritis. He is presently on maintenance haemodialysis. He requires renal replacement therapy which includes haemodialysis and renal transplant.”
Innocent himself told The Guardian: “I need your help. I have kidney problem and I have been on machine support (dialysis) since July 2011. Presently, it is done two times a week. It costs a lot of money each time and it is not the solution. Now, I cannot even meet up with the cost of the dialysis.”
The doctors recommended kidney transplant as solution to his problem. Thank God the transplant was successfully done in India.
The first time the matter came up in the church he worships: Anglican Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Mr. Joseph Amakiri,  representative of the Welfare Committee of the church called for help. It culminated in the publication in The Guardian of December 10, 2011 asking for help.
“Actually we got some positive response. We are using this medium to thank everybody that contributed. The surgery was done in India, Apollo Hospital. New Delhi. India. The cost of everything put together is about 5 million. It was the two kidneys that failed. ,” he said.
He recalled that his brother helped him out with one of his kidneys. They have done it successfully, the kidney is working now. My appeal now is for the maintenance. The average medication for the new kidney will take about N800,000 annually,” he said.
He appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to help for the maintenance of his kidney.
“We appreciate the management of  The Guardian and those who contributed and we pray that God will see us through from such illnesses.
“I have not started work. I am a printer by profession. Iam supposed to go back for checkup by September. After that I can confirm that I am fit for work and go back to my printing job,” he said.
Innocent said: “You can be the good Nigerian that God will further use to save my life. If you are moved to be part of the effort to save my life, an account has been opened for your donations. I need your help now. God will not fail to reward you as you come to my help.”
He regretted that the problem of kidney failure is on the increase in the country.“Let the government find out why. But the challenge we have is that medical facilities are not enough to take care of the problem. The government should help to take care of such problem. They should help to at least subsidise the medical bills if they cannot foot the total expenses. That will go a long way to help the hapless masses,” he said.
Name: Innocent Nnorom Project
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