Maryam Adaeze Musa, a 23-year-old 400-level English student of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, is appealing to kind Nigerians, philanthropists, and organisations for financial assistance to fund an urgent kidney transplant.

Maryam, who is an aspiring On-Air Personality, OAP, was diagnosed with End-Stage Kidney Failure in 2019. Currently, she is undergoing dialysis every three days at the cost of N45,000 per session including the cost of drugs.

Maryam’s health challenges began when she was only 10, having been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes also known as juvenile-onset diabetes.

She managed the condition until 2019 when her kidney functions failed completely.

The first child of her parents and also the breadwinner, before her illness, Maryam was combining working with schooling to help her mother, a widow, and her younger siblings.

At the age of 13, she lost her father, and her widowed mother, Nneka Musa, a petty trader, is unable to raise money for the urgently required kidney transplant to keep her alive.

Appealing for support, Nneka is imploring well-meaning and kind-hearted Nigerians, philanthropists, state governors, corporate organisations and non-governmental organisations  to intervene and donate generously s to enable her daughter to access the urgently needed kidney transplant.

“The ordeal Maryam faces as a result of kidney failure is much; she contends with excruciating pain often, prompting her to be in and out of the hospital frequently.

Undergoing the transplant will enable her to overcome the current pain and discomfort occasioned by her present condition. Please help save Maryam’s life,” she appealed.

Doctors at  Avon Hospital where Maryam accesses dialysis treatment three times weekly cautioned that dialysis is only a temporary treatment, saying the definitive therapy for kidney failure is the transplant for which she is seeking financial assistance.

Please donate what you can to #savemaryam; nothing is too small. If you are touched to assist, please pay into Diamond Access Bank  0104406217, Musa Maryam Adaeze. For more information, call 08131959930, 08122777058.