For years now, Chijoke Anthony Onyenwe has been
traipsing round Nigeria, seeking for a doctor who would be able to help him
regain the use of his eye sights again.
When the solution finally came, he and his widowed
mother could not cough up N2 million needed for the desperate eye surgery.
Onyenwe, who used to trade in shoes, but had the
dream of pursuing a gospel singing career, said he had been filled with despair
until his sojourn to Eye Foundation Hospital, located at Isaac John axis,
Ikeja, Lagos State.
When he was told at Eye Foundation that a surgery would
help him in regaining the use of his sight, he had almost wept for joy. But his
joy was short lived. He was told that he needed N2m for the surgery.
One of the documents with him showed that an optician
with Eye Foundation examined him on November 10, 2014. According to the document signed by Dr. F. O.
Oluyadi, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Onyenwe was “found to have right cornea
apacity which will need cornea transplant.”
The cost of the surgery for the right eye is as
follows; cornea, cornea transplant, surgery, admission and post-operative
medications, total N2m.
The doctor further added that payment was required
before commencement of surgery.
Almost close to tears, Onyenwe said: “I cannot see
for now. I appeal to good Nigerians to help me raise this money for the
surgery. The doctor said that my cornea is bad. He said the cornea transplant
will enable me regain my sight. My widowed mother is just a trader. We can’t
afford the N2m.”
Onyenwe, 27, said that his eye problem started in
2011 after he woke up one morning while living in Port Harcourt. He discovered
that his right eye was hurting him. He started going from one hospital to another,
but instead of the eye to get better, the pains spread to the left one and soon
he was blind.
He recalled: “I started attending different
hospitals. I was referred to different hospitals, many outside Port Harcourt. One
of the hospitals I was referred to was Calabar General Hospital. An Indian
doctor examined me there. He said I had wounds in the eyes. He said that I needed
to travel to South Africa for a special eyes treatment.”
His mother didn’t have money for South Africa, thus
he settled for the eye drop the Indian doctor gave to him. The drop was
supposed to ameliorate the pains.
He was living with these pains when his mother met a
woman who told her about Eye Foundation in Lagos. Apparently, the woman’s
husband, who had problem before, regained his sight at Eye Foundation after
surgery.
Onyenwe said that he believed in the goodness and
kindness of Nigerians and have faith they would assist him.
He cited his bank as Diamond bank, account number;
0051243707 and his phone numbers as 08148318987, 08185695781.
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