Medical recommendations from Lacor and Gulu Regional Referral Hospital require five million shillings for treating the patient at Mulago. However, the family cannot afford it and the mother is crying out to well-wishers to come to her rescue.
Bosco Ojok, a 10-year-old Primary Three pupil of Lelaobaro Primary
School in Omoro District is fighting for his life after doctors diagnosed him
with the deadly cancer of the kidney.
Early this month, Ojok, accompanied by his mother Agnes Aciro were admitted for
several days with the complication at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor. However, his
condition was referred to National Referral Hospital Mulago in Kampala for
specialized treatment.
Medical recommendations from Lacor and Gulu Regional Referral
Hospital require five million shillings for treating the patient at Mulago.
However, the family cannot afford it and the mother is crying out to well-wishers
to come to her rescue.
Aciro says that the Ojok’s illness started when he was only five
years, adding that the ailment has disrupted his education and clipped his
ability to do other home chores.
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She says she is raising the boy with a step-father who is not interested in
meeting the huge burden of medical bills of 150,000 shillings required every
month to buy medicine that can help save the boy’s life.
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According to Aciro, the medical experts from both Lacor and Gulu Regional Hospital
have assured them that the condition can be reversed if the boy is taken for specialized
treatment at Mulago.
A group of medical experts are expected to visit Mulago to handle
such ailments in children, an opportunity Aciro says would help save her boy’s
life if a Good Samaritan comes to his rescue.
She is available on telephone number 0783 365 789, a number
registered as Agnes Aciro for Mobile Money.
Kidney cancer begins in the kidneys. If the cancer is
not removed, it can interfere with the function of the organ and
spread to other tissue and organs.
Health experts say when detected early, kidney
cancer is curable most of the time. They further argue that even
in more advanced stages, new therapies and procedures have led to much
improved, overall cure rates.
Ochola's journalism career begun from Radio King 90.2 FM in Gulu around 2009, and Radio Rupiny 95.7 Fm under Vision Group in 2012. He also reported for Mighty Fire 91.5 Fm, Kitgum in 2015 before joining Wizarts Foundation in 2017.
He has been reporting for Uganda Radio Network (URN) since 2017 before being posted as Bureau Chief Kitgum, and later Gulu between 2018 - 2021. Currently, he reports from Parliament.
