Final Year Student Urgently Needs N15m for Medical Bill

…Calls on surgeons for proper procedure

A 23-year-old final year student of Ekiti State University, Kausarat Taiwo, who became incapacitated after a fatal auto crash last March, is in dire need of N15 millions for her medical bills.

Kausarat, who is currently at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), is bedridden and feeds through pipes connected to her throat and stomach.

According to her elder brother, Habeed Taiwo, the victim was a final year Mass Communication student, who was returning to Lagos from school in March when the tragic accident occurred at Ikorodu, close to their residence.

“She got to PZ at Odogwuyaya in Ikorodu on a tricycle. While the driver tried to give her change after she paid, a trailer was reversing without looking back. It incidentally hit the tricycle,” he explained.

As a result, Kausarat’s throat was slit and she sustained other grave injuries that deformed her figure.

“We rushed her to General Hospital Ikorodu before she was transferred to LUTH. We have spent over N4 million.

“Besides the surgery bills and others, we buy drugs for about N45,000 daily. We pay N50,000 for ICU each day,” he lamented.

Although Kausarat has been discharged, her family members are worried, as she still feeds from the pipes and yet to gain her vocal ability back.

Taiwo lamented: “My sister can’t even eat through the mouth and she can’t speak. We grind her food into liquid, then feed her through the pipe connected to her stomach. That makes us cry. Who will be home feeding her through the stomach?

“We are looking for what can be done to get her better for the sake of her future,” while calling on Nigerians to come to Kausarat’s rescue.

Taiwo pleaded: “We also need assistance to take her aboard for a proper surgery. If any plastic surgeon can render assistance of any form, please let them help us.”

Donations can be made to 0628426258 Busari Taiwo Sarafa GTB while the family can be reached on 08038407729 for further enquiries.