SS1 Student Cries Out Over Spinal Cord Injury

The dreams of Sunday Odo, an SS1 student of Community Secondary School, Ogbodo-Aba in Udenu local government Area of Enugu State may be cut short due to a spinal cord injury.

Nineteen-yearl-old Odo told newsmen from his sick bed at Ogbodo-Aba yesterday, that he sustained the injury on March 20, 2012, when he attempted for the first time in his life to swim at Aboyi River.

“As I took a dive into the river, I hit my back on a strong object; I became unconscious before rescue came for me. I regret attempting to swim on that fateful day

“I have been bedridden since March 24, 2012, if anyone had told me what lay ahead for me, I wouldn’t have believed it.”

The SS1 student said that medical experts at Parklane Hospital, Enugu, where he had spent 10 months, had referred him to an Indian hospital.

According to him, the cost of the treatment is put at N10 million.

“My parents are aged; they don’t have much other than their prayer for me to survive

“It is my elder brother, Francis Odo, a police corporal that has been sustaining me from his meagre salary.

“I was discharged from Parklane Hospital, Enugu on Dec. 20, 2012, to avoid accumulating debt and now my condition is deteriorating, “he said.

The victim cord victim appealed to philanthropists and kind hearted Nigerians to quickly come to his rescue to enable him to get medical treatment in India.

His brother said that the family members had made efforts to find a cure to it, but there was no headway

“I am appealing to Nigerians to help, because the N1 million is too much for our family to raise, Odo said.

“Those who wish to assist Sunday Odo, can send their donations through Francis Odo’s UBA account no. 203336567 while I can also be reached on mobile telephone number 08064567393, he said.