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Foremost rapper Eedris Abdulkareem, who gave us hits in the early 2000s, is down with kidney failure.
The social crusader has been receiving dialysis and the date of his surgical procedure for a transplant has been slated for July 27, 2022.
Eedris, who said he couldn’t speak with the media at the moment, told Netng on Thursday, July 7, 2022, that the kidney to be transplanted would be donated by a gracious family member. However, prayers and monetary support for the emergency procedure would be much appreciated.
“Thanks for reaching out and God bless you,” he said in a text message sent to Netng.
To help, ‘EEDRIS ABDULKARIM, ZENITH BANK, 1003862655’, is the account to donate to.
As one of the pioneers of the modern-day musical exposure as we know it now, Eedris gave us hits such as ‘Mr Lecturer’, ‘Jaga Jaga’, ‘Oko Omoge’, ‘Player Meji’, ‘2 Legs Up’, ‘Country Hard’ and the controversial ‘Nigerian Jagajaga’.
Eedris is a recent addition to a fairly long list of stars who have been diagnosed with renal failure, also called kidney failure – a condition in which the kidneys lose the ability to remove waste and balance fluids.
Some popular victims include handsome actor, Muna Obiekwe who passed on in January 2015 at age 36. He was reported to have kept the news of his illness from the public and colleagues for rather too long. Singer and producer, OJB Jezreel, who died on June 14, 2016, was also a victim. He died three years after a kidney transplant operation in India.
Mercy Nmesoma, popularly known as Ada Jesus, also died a few months ago of kidney-related issues. Others include Ernest Asuzu, veteran actor Olumide Bakare, OAP Meka Akerejola, entertainer Stanley Okoro, and most recently gospel singer, Chinedu Nwadike and comic actor Dejo Tunfulu.
However, some have been lucky to survive kidney diseases such as veteran actress Ngozi Nwosu and Emma Ugo Lee, who had an unsuccessful kidney transplant in India in 2011 and had to follow up with another in America.
The reversibility of kidney failure, a Netng 2013 report on renal failure reveals, is hinged on whether the diagnosis is an “active renal failure which is quite reversible if proper treatment is administered or Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) which is the long term consequence of irreversible acute disease or part of a disease progression”.
Even then, the recoverability from kidney failure remains a tricky one because of the cost incurred for dialysis, treatment and transplant.
“15,000 new cases of kidney failure occur every year in Nigeria while 30 million Nigerians are suffering from kidney disease…patients pay as high as N150,000 for three sessions of dialysis every week and about N5million annually; costs of transplant varies from hospitals but ranges between N4m and about N8m and a patient needs about N150, 000 monthly to get immuno-suppressive drugs after a successful transplant”, the Netng special feature concluded.
In view of this, kidney failure remains a dangerous disease if not detected early and managed appropriately. This goes to show the pressing need to support Hip-Hop legend Eedris Abdulkareem who has given to society and paid his dues.
SAVE EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM!!!
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Source: TheNet
