Razaq Bamidele
Fifty-three people, in Lagos State, with various health issues, went home with a total N32 million courtesy of a faith based organization, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF) to take care of their medical challenges.
The beneficiaries that included a baby with hearing ailment, a kidney patient and 51 others, some of who were in pains and in tears left Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) head office of the Foundation with lifeline, on Tuesday.
Five-year-old hearing-impaired boy Ramadan Muhammed was the biggest beneficiary as his mother, Mrs. Aminat Muhammed, received N6 million cheque from the foundation.
Mrs. Muhammed said Ramadan’s both ears are impaired at age two and the doctor said he needs N12 million to fix them through surgery.
Another beneficiary, Miss Ganiyat Sanni, a kidney failure patient lying critically ill at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) also got N2.5 million. Her mother, Mrs. Afusat Sanni said she needs N8 million for a transplant.
Mrs. Sanni said she was donating one of her kidneys to her daughter, saying: “I was advised to donate my kidney for her with a treatment cost of N8.5 million. I have raised N3.5 million before coming here.
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“With this cheque, it remains N2.5 million to complete the cost of the surgery.
“Nigerians should assist to save the life of my daughter with the remaining N2.5 million. I don’t want her to die.
The Foundation’s Executive Director, Prince Sulayman Olagunju, at a short briefing before the disbursement of cheques to beneficiaries said the gesture was is in line with the foundation’s tradition of prioritising health and restoring the lost hope of the patients towards regaining their health.
Olagunju said the beneficiaries require funds for urgent surgeries and treatments for heart diseases, kidney transplants, stroke, fractures, cancer of the breast and hip replacements, among others.
“We sincerely feel the pains of those we could not consider after undergoing a series of screening exercises for lack of enough funds. We pray Allah to open His door of mercy for them,” he added.
