Help! Teenager needs N20m for heart, brain surgeries

An Ondo State teenager, Miss Mistura Badiru, who has been battling heart and brain diseases, has solicited help to undergo two surgeries in India.

The 14-year-old was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease, which required her heart to be replaced.

She was also diagnosed with a brain condition.

City Round gathered that the Senior Secondary School 1 pupil had been suffering from the ailments for some years and all medications and treatments given to her proved abortive.

A report from the Department of Radiology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, written by one Dr Fatade, on the matter, read, “The heart is enlarged with multi-chamber configuration and the left heart border reaching the left lateral chest wall.

“There is the convexity of the left cardiac border and obliteration of the aortopulmonary window. There is also splaying of the carina. The pulmonary vessels are engorged. No focal lung lesion is seen. The ribcage is normal.

The victim’s father, Mr Muritala Badiru, pleaded with Nigerians to assist the family, saying Mistura’s medical condition had drained the family’s finances.

He said, “She (Mistura) has been suffering from these diseases for some years now. When we discovered them, we took her to the UCH where she was diagnosed. It was recommended that she would undergo surgeries in India to cure the diseases, which would cost the sum of N20m.

“We don’t have this money; the little we have, we have expended on the ailment. We buy expensive drugs weekly and monthly to sustain her. That is why I’m appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to assist me and save the life of my daughter.”

Donations can be made to Badiru Muritala Adeyinka, Stanbic IBTC Bank. Account number: 9303024291.

“Overall features suggest cardiomegaly secondary to mitral valve disease – ECG and ECHO advised for further evaluation.”Punch