13-year-old girl seeks N250,000 for surgery.

N250,000 is the exact amount standing between a young female school girl, Taiwo Ogunkunle and her health, Daily Independent reports.

She requires that for plastic surgery after being diagnosed. The 13-year old student of a Junior Secondary School of Akintola Community High School, Adamasingba in Ibadan has been bed ridden at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan since February 14, this year after sustaining an injury when she fell on her way from the school.

To her parents, Peter Ogunkunle (a carpenter) and Temitayo Ogunkunle (a weaver) of Abebi area of Adamasingba, raising the amount is like squeezing water from the rock and this has made them to be running from pillar to post. It was gathered that Taiwo had a slight fall with an un-noticeable wound which she did not even report to her mother and which later turned out to be a disease diagnosed as Chronic Osteomylitis at the UCH.

Narrating their ordeal, Temitope, the mother of Taiwo said, “on Monday, February 3, 2014, Taiwo came home from school without any ominous sign. She didn’t even report any fall and did not exhibit any sign of injury resulting from a fall. On Friday, she had high temperature. Her twin sister called my attention to it, telling me that Taiwo had a slight fall on Monday. I massaged the leg with hot water. There was no sore on it, but when we got to Adeoyo General Hospital, after blood test, we were referred to MKO Abiola Way (former Ring Road) Hospital. Before we got to Ring Road, she was complaining of stomach pain. We had to do a scan and she was diagnosed to have kidney problem.

“On February 14, we went to the UCH where she was attended to. She was put on oxygen, but when she was stable, the left leg turned singed. Doctors said that the skin around the leg had become dead. Puss started oozing out of the lower part of the leg. Flesh on that part of the leg had to be removed through surgical operation. We have been dressing the sore and the puss had stopped oozing out, but a flesh protruded out of it. Later it healed up. The knee now remains to be operated on again. The doctor said it would cost another N120,000.

“I have spent all I have on me. I am now penniless and same for my husband. The hospital management has given an order that my daughter would be forcefully ejected from the South West 2 Ward of the hospital where she is currently being treated if we don’t pay the outstanding N59, 500. I am hereby using this medium to appeal to all well-meaning Nigerians to please assist us.

We need about N250,000 to enable Taiwo undergo the surgery and procure the several drugs prescribed”, she lamented. A copy of the letter written by the hospital management dated 16th June, 2014 and signed by Dr. W.O. Balogun, on behalf of the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee and the Chief Medical Director confirmed the situation as relayed by the distraught mother.