By S. SiaphaMulbah
A 28-year-old resident of the Gardnersville Supermarket Community is seeking intervention financially to cover his medical expenses for a hip surgery in India.
Vinton Williams Nyanankpe said according to medical practitioners his hip-bone had been eaten up by an unknown bone disease, a condition that had caused him the greatest pain in his body for several years.
According to him, doctors from different health centers in Liberia have advised that he flies to India for a specialized surgery in the soonest possible time in order to avoid other health complications that could be the result of his condition.
Sending the SOS call yesterday in Monrovia, the victim explained that a 2017 x-ray result conducted at the Medlink Health facility in Monrovia showed that the bones in his hip had denigrated over and over and had made him unable to stand or sit without bearing substantial pain.
Nyanankpe said his mother who is the only relative around him contacted several Indian bone specialists as recommended by Liberian doctors to ascertain the cost for treatment.
“The Indian doctors said it will cost me about U$13,000 to cover all the expenses for the refilling of my hip. In said amount, all that is required by the foreign doctor will be covered,” Vinton disclosed.
He added that the amount of U$13,000 requested for the saving of his life is a very high cost that his family cannot bear because only his poor mother he knows but she is unable to raise the fund independently.
He called on President George Weah and other officials of government, humanitarians and Non-Governmental Organizations to please aid his surgery so that he can be useful to the country in the future.
“I am a graphic artist that graduated from the Monrovia Vocational Training Center. After high school, I studied IT at MVTC but my education is now going in vain because I am unable to do anything due to my condition,” he said in agony.
Mother Hannah J. Nyanankpe explained that her son were six years when he begun to face problem with his bone but doctors then said it was a common bone illness considered as a rheumatism.
She said since then, Vinton continues to complain about his condition and started walking differently.
“His body had been going down and I have spent so much behind his health but it can’t end here. He went to school and graduated but all is going in vain. I am calling on anyone that has the means to help me, save my son,” she said.
The widow disclosed that the victim is a resource to the country and society at-large but his condition if not assisted will present him as a liability which is a pain to her.
Vinton William Nyanankpe and his mother can be contacted on the following cell numbers: 0770289826 or 0880029005.
