…Most patients arrive when kidneys have failed — NMADU…OYEWALE: Painkillers, herbal mixtures silently destroy organs…Water contains harmful heavy metals — YEMITAN…ODUBANJO: Education, early screening remain best defense
By Chioma Obinna
Three mornings every week, Uche Oke left home before dawn, clutching a small bag that had become as familiar to him as his own shadow.
Inside were a bottle of water, a few personal belongings and the hope that another four-hour dialysis session would buy him a little more time.
At just 32, a trader and father of one should have been expanding his business and raising his young family. Instead, his life had become a cycle of hospital appointments, mounting medical bills and desperate prayers for a kidney transplant that remained painfully out of reach.
