Journalist Needs 15000 US dollars for Kidney transplant in India.

Journalist needs 15000 US dollars for Kidney transplant in India.

Afayo Robert on his sick hospital bed at Arua Regional Referral Hospital. Picture By Robert Ariaka Yiti

By Robert Ariaka Yiti.

Arua. October 9, 2012.

A former Journalist identified as Afayo Robert 35, who worked with a local radio station Voice of life based in Arua has is in dear need for15000 US dollars  an equivalent of UG shillings 40million to carry out kidney transplant in India.

According to Afayo Robert whom our reporter interviewed while ob his sick hospital bed at Arua regional referral hospital recently, his problem started when he got a motor accident on July 4, 2011.

He knocked a boda boda rider who made a U-turn on the road and sustained injuries on the head and had abdomen pain by the time of the accident. Afayo was admitted in Kuluva hospital for four days from where he was discharged.

After his discharge, he developed pressure and was taken back to Kuluva hospital where doctors checked his skull but never checked the abdomen. The pressure later increased and become abnormal, and this forced the doctors to get his blood sample which was taken to Mulago National referral hospital for further examination.

It was found that, Afayo Robert had kidney failure. Doctors from Mulago asked him to be admitted in Mulago from where he stayed for one week but it became expensive and he was brought back to Arua.

One doctor called Dr. Musubuga from Mulago advised him to go for checkup in Mulago after every one month to which he obeyed but recently he could not afford to go for checkup since he lacks money for transport, medical bills, buying drugs and upkeep.

He said a eulogist consultant suggested to him to raise money and go for kidney transplant in India. Another surgeon expert called Dr. Keshavamurthy Mohan from India to whom Afayo talked for consultations advised that, the journalist should raise some money close to 40million which would help him fly to India so that one of his kidneys can be replaced since he developed kidney failure.

Another doctor called Dr. Kayonda advised that, Afayo Robert should have kidney transplant. This has since then become expensive and currently, Afayo is in Arua regional referral hospital admitted for more than three weeks.

He said other sicknesses like malaria, burning of the body, pneumonia, joint pain and others have commonly been weakening him which keeps him in the hospital so often.

Afayo Robert who worked with Voice of Life radio as an editor, presenter and news reader for close to six years is calling upon good Samaritans and well-wishers to help him with money for the kidney transplant.   

Anybody whose heart is broken to help him can call him on his personal contacts on, 0784494620, 0752657338, 0754213201 or you can deposit your help in his bank account at housing finance bank on account number 0114436282800 using the name AFAYO ROBERT or send through his mobile money account on 0784494620.  

The said 15000 US dollars will cater for his airlifts and back, hospital stay In a private room for the patient for 14 days and the donor 7days along with one companion.

This money was to also help in his feeding with the donor and the companion, embassy approval and police registration, transplant surgery, medicines and consumables during the hospital stay, consultations and bed side charges.

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