I’m donating part of my liver to save him — Daughter
By Sola Ogundipe
Smart Oshoko, a 55-year-old marketing communications specialist and musician,has been diagnosed with Cholestatic jaundice, an end stage liver disease.
Medical doctors say Smart requires an urgent liver transplant to restore his health and wellbeing. The life saving surgery which is to be carried out in India, including detailed assessment, routine examinations, blood investigations, donor and patient workup, doctor’s fees, etc., is estimated to cost $35,000 (N12.6 million).
A medical report issued by the G Estate Clinic Consortium and signed by the Medical Director, Dr Akinyemi Emmanuel S. said Smart presented at the hospital with yellowness of the eyes, loss of appetite, dark coloured urine and gradual weight loss of six months duration.
Various lab tests, radiological examinations and liver biopsies revealed that he is suffering from chronic liver disease: cholestatic jaundice, with intra and…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
