Teenage Girl with Jaw Tumor Needs N.5m for Surgery to Remain Alive

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi

Hannah Adesanya, 17, has been diagnosed with tumor on her left jaw, and may die unless a surgery which will cost N500, 000 is carried out.

According to Dr. Taye Toni of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH, who first handled Hannah’s case, the tumor has to be removed so that it will not spread.

Toni, who disclosed this to THISDAY via telephone interview, advised that in removing the affected bone, it has to be a major operation.

He added that the affected bone would be removed and replaced with an implant (something like an iron).

“The iron will be put there to help form a new bone,” he explained

The patient is referred to a centre in Gombe for the surgical operation billed for May 7, 2024.

Hannah’s mother,  Remi, has been single since her husband, Yomi Adesanya, abandoned the family when Hannah was just three years old.

Remi is in a dilemma because she has no money for her daughter’s life saving surgery.

The helpless mother is appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to come to her aid, so that her daughter, who just wrote her O level examination, will not die.

According to her, “When I noticed that the left part of her face around her jaw was swollen, I initially taught that it was tooth pain.

“It appeared like a boil but my sister suggested that we rush her to hospital as the pain was getting worse.

“I first took her to the Specialist Hospital, Bauchi where an x-ray was done and she was referred to ATBUTH.

“After examining my daughter, the doctor expressed surprise and called his colleagues.

“They were surprised too, and the doctor asked me to go back to the Specialist hospital to do citi-scan.

“The result was brought back to the doctor who reported that my daughter has no left cheek bone and surgery, which will cost N500, 000 is required to correct it.

“I don’t even have N15, 000 but the doctors explained that the surgery has to be done because it can affect my daughter’s brain.

“I am appealing to well-meaning Nigerians and organisations to come to my aid to save my daughter’s life.”

Donation to support Hanna’s operation can be done through the account detail below:

First Bank of Nigeria 3049305305 Remi Adesanya.