Girl, 15, needs N6.5m for kidney transplant
By Ishola Balogun Bashiru Alafe, 42, a vulcaniser, has been running helter skelter for the past six months to save the life of his daughter, Shukurat, 15, an SS1 student of East City College, Ikorodu, who according to medical reports has developed end-stage kidney failure. Alafe told Saturday Vanguard that about N6.5million is needed to carry out a kidney transplant in India. Narrating the story, he said “In November last year, she was ill with swollen legs and eyes and we went to a hospital where we were referred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. There, she was diagonised with a kidney infection. After a few weeks, we were told that it has affected the other kidney since we have been running dialysis every week at the cost of N50,000 and N75,000 per week.” [caption id="attachment_402283" align="alignright" width="300"] Bashiru...needs help[/caption] On getting donors for the kidneys, he disclosed that the Lions Club, Ojota has reduced their bu...