Kazeem Ugbodaga
Ogundimu and her grandmother, Mrs. Ogunnoiki Folake
The first baby to be delivered in Lagos State, Nigeria, Miss Oluwajomloju Ogundimu has undergone successful heart surgery in India.
She was born 12:01 am on 1 January, 2015 but her mother, a first class accountancy graduate from the University of Lagos passed on after giving birth before the baby was diagnosed of heart related problem.
She was flown to India on 9 July, 2015 for medical attention. But with the help of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, she was flown to India where she had the operation.
Little Ogundimu and her grandmother, Mrs. Ogunnoiki Folake were at Alausa on Thursday to thank Ambode for his kind gestures.
Folake thanked Ambode and prayed God to grant him mercy and wisdom to take Lagos State to desired destination.
“I dropped my request for assistant to Governor Ambode on Monday June 1, 2015 and he gave approval to my request by Wednesday June 3rd, 2015. God used him for me and for this I am very grateful, so I have come here to thank him,” she said.
She appealed to the governor to also assist the baby to travel back to India for the next appointment, as God would reward him dearly for rendering help to her granddaughter.
Folake called on the Lagos State and the Federal Governments to tackle the issue of persistent strikes by medical doctors, stressing that it was during the strikes embarked by medical doctors last year that she lost her first daughter who gave birth to baby Odundimu.
“I appealed to them to find a way to put an end to strikes by medical doctors to avoid the kind of death that happened to me,” she said.
She said the cost of the initial treatment was about N5 million. …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
