Omosede Global Foundation took Benedict, Daphlin and Adesuwa for its second Open Heart Surgery Mission on November 22, 2019 in Abuja. All three children have a heart defect/disease and are in need of surgery.
Yemi Adejoro’s 4-Year-Old Leg Ulcer
Yemi Adejoro is a 39 years old, Male from Osun State and lives in Benin. His was a Bus Driver prior to his accident which started his long road to health. His elderly father lives in Osun State, his mother is late, and a younger sister, but doesn’t know her whereabouts.
Smart’s twelve year old wound
Smart Jassa Edugie is a 40 year old man. He was 28 years old when he got his wound. In 2007 he got injured while on the job. Smart narrated that he was a driver for a logging company and that during the process of offloading the trees they had cut, one fell on his leg leaving a 4 cm in diameter wound. According to him the skin broke and his flesh came out.
It’s not just a heart for Emmanuel
Emmanuel was adopted at six months. His parents couldn’t believe it when they got the call. They rushed to pick him up and did the needful. Straight to the hospital to make sure they had his medical history and up to date for his vaccines. Suddenly, the story changed, Emmanuel had a hole in his tiny heart and Hepatitis B. The hospital advised to take him back to the orphanage or take him home to die.
Heart Surgery Mission May 2019
Omosede Global Foundation took a total of five children for free heart surgery at the National Hospital in Abuja. Four children left with us from Edo State on Sunday, May 26, 2019, Clinton, Ifesinachi, Benedict, Destiny. Emmanuel who lives in Oyo State left a day ahead of us for Abuja on May 25, 2019.
ON THE ROAD TO GOOD HEALTH
The number of Nigerians with wounds ranging from diabetic sores, legs ulcers, injuries of various kinds, burns, etc. without the right kind of treatment or affordable healthcare is alarming. Many patients have resulted to self care and in many cases the wound gets worse and suffer with it for many years.
