AGONY OF A 12 YEAR OLD: SHIMASAAN ULE NOW A SACK OF BONES IN NEED OF EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID.

By: Ukan Kurugh.

For Mrs. Movihinze Ule, the poor mother of 12 year old Ule Shimasaan, the world may have come to an end. She sits there absent-minded staring into space, even as she has expressed dismay in how God had abandoned them and allowed them suffer much. The sight of Shimasaan is only comparable to the pictures of underfed children that emanated during wars in Somalia and Liberia. He has become the attraction of all other patients in his ward.

On how it began, the poor woman explained that, they are resident in Adikpo, Benue State, Nigeria and Shimasaan developed fever but on admission to St. Monica's Hospital, Adikpo, he was diagnosed of typhoid, and later he suffered a swollen stomach. A month later, they were referred to Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi.

At the FMC, it was revealed that his small intestines had perforated. He was operated upon but the situation did not end, which necessitated another operation, yet the situation has grown from bad to worst. He is simply a pack of bones on a hospital bed and the sight is so scary.

In my presence and what has become the biggest challenge, immediately he was fed with pap, in less than 2 seconds it gushed out from his stomach at the spot of the operation and it is at the same spot that both feaces and urine comes out of his body. A genuinely pathetic sight. I couldn't hide my emotions even as a man, I couldn't just help it.

As explanations reveal, he is suppose to go in for a third operation, but he is so under-nourished and likely to loose his life if he goes into the operation. This is after they could not gather required finance to go to Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). Now he will have to go on 'Total Parental Nutrition' a special nutritional condition that will be injected in him. One bottle goes for N25,000 and 3 are needed for a day for 7 days.

This poor family is at the crossroads and in need of support. The cost of the nutritional food for the needed days amount to N525,000 while they have a hospital bill of N220,000 already while N50,000 is needed for the next operation. This is even as they have a leftover bill of N42,000 at Adikpo all totaling N837,000.

This is what it takes for Shimasaan Ule to be alive like you and I. Please in the usual manner, let us help this poor child of ours to live again. I believe in Nigerians' resolve to help one another and he should equally be a beneficiary of our love. Remember, it could have been you.

They can be helped through this bank account or visited at the children's surgical ward of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi near Holy-Ghost Church.

Account Name: Iyar Caroline Movihinze
Bank: First Bank (Nigeria)
Account: 2014665224
Phone: 08075795865 (mother)