He has just concluded his National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC), after graduating from the University of Jos, but is unemployed.
To add to his troubles, he is currently living with a chronic disease (end stage), which has damaged his two kidneys. The only thing that is keeping him alive for the moment is the dialysis he undergoes thrice weekly at N48, 000
According to Nephrologists handling his case at the National Hospital, Abuja, renal transplant remains the treatment choice at this stage (end stage) of the ailment. From the medical report, Mr. Rindap will require at least N10 million to enable him have a kidney transplant in India. This excludes transportation, hotel accommodation and travel expenses for him, his donor and a care giver.
The doctors also diagnosed him with background Hepatitis B, which has to be treated before the transplant. This will also require about N2 million. Apparently, all these are beyond Rindap and his poor family.
Rindap told Weekly Trust that he has been heartbroken when he was told of his health condition in 2008, shortly after he graduated and was waiting to be called to camp for the NYSC programme.
“It all started when I was preparaing for my NYSC. I suddenly felt very ill and was taken for treatment. It was in that process that the doctors discovered that my blood pressure was very high. From there, they suggested some series of tests, which eventually proved that my two kidneys were damaged.”
He said since his predicament, he has not received any serious financial assistance.
The highest he has ever received was N 60,000 from a cousin of his, also a Roman Catholic NGO often gives some form of financial assistance within the range of N10,000 to N 15,000 for his upkeep.
“My condition is beyond my family; we are poor and cannot afford the money required for the transplant. However, I have written to solicit assistance from my state governor, Dr. Jonah Jang, but until date, there has been no response from him. We discovered later, however, that the letters never got to him.
“We have been committing our predicament into prayers. I strongly believe that God will wipe my tears very soon. One of my greatest wishes is for Governor Jang and other philanthropists to come to my aid. He is a nice person and has assisted many poor families in critical medical conditions.
“Thus, I am optimistic that when he gets to hear my case first hand, he will do something. I have left everything to God to handle. God knows why I am in this condition, and if He says I am going to have a successful transplant, so shall it be. He also knows how to go about it. He can touch the hearts of people to come to my rescue. He is a Supreme and miraculous God.”
Despite his condition, Rindap told Weekly Trust with a faded but peaceful smile on his face, that if God heals him, he will come and thank everybody who stood by him in every sense of the word. He also shares his other dreams, believing that his condition must not affect or cut short his unaccomplished aspirations.
“I am hopeful since I am not yet dead. I am optimistic that God will touch the hearts of people to rescue me from the clutches of death.
“If I am back on my feet, I wish to get a job, put to practice what I learnt in school. It has always been my dream to be an accountant, that was why I read Aaccountancy. I also wish to marry and have a wonderful family like every other person. I never thought my condition would be this bad.”
He said his case has caused his parents to be hypertensive. “Whenever she (his mother) sets her eyes on me, we both cry like little babies.”
Though some of the requirements for a kidney transplant are payments for the transplant and purchase of the kidney itself if there are no donors available for the patient, but in his own case, he has four free donors on the waiting list.
“I have two brothers. They are all willing to donate their kidneys and also, a cousin of mine is willing too. So, the major challenge is the funds for the transplant.”
His account numbers for any assistance are 0025488970 GT bank, 1003453870 Intercontinental Bank, Name Hosea Ruben Rindap, while his contact numbers are 08035866390, 08058354382, 08035176188, 08036012704.
