Mrs Yaradua Refuses To Part With Her Kidney In Saudi?

Treatment: Yar’Adua’s wife insists on German hospital — Agency
By Semiu Okanlawon, John Alechenu, Waheed Bakare, Adelani Adepegba and Kayode Ketefe
Published: Wednesday, 3 Sep 2008
The refusal of the First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar‘Adua, to allow a Saudia Arabian hospital make use of her kidney may have been responsible for the delay in the return of ailing President Umaru Yar‘Adua.
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The indication was given by the online news agency, saharareporters, which reported on Tuesday that rather than subject herself to the use of her kidney in a crucial transplant to save her husband, the First Lady was said to have demanded that she and Yar’Adua be flown to Germany where her husband had hitherto received medical attention.

The development came just as Lagos lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, urged Nigerians to pray for quick recovery of the President.

According to the online news agency, the President was, on arrival in Saudi Arabia, said to have been implored to seek the advice of top nephrologists working in a Jeddah-based Saudi government-owned hospital.

The agency reported, ”After running a battery of tests, the team of doctors concluded that the kidney meant for the replacement was likely to suffer tissue rejection from him.

“They advised that tests be conducted on his close relatives to find alternative donors. His wife and daughter were tested, and his wife proved compatible, according to our sources. She was, however, unwilling to donate an organ in Saudi Arabia. She instead opted for it to be done in Germany. Her condition would mean that Yar’Adua would spend a prolonged period of time in Germany to recuperate.”

This, according to the news agency, informed the intervention of the President‘s brother, identified as Major Audu Yar’Adua, who was allegedly flown to Jeddah to undergo organ compatibility test.

The younger Yar‘Adua was said to have been flown to Saudi Arabia with a Gulfstream G-V aircraft to undergo the test on Monday.

A Consultant Nephrologist at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Dr. Charles Alebiosu, who spoke with one of our correspondents on the phone, said it was possible for a woman to donate a kidney to a man.

Alebiosu, who maintained that kidney had nothing to do with gender, however, stressed the importance of meeting all the necessary medical criteria before the donor‘s kidney could be used for the recipient.

He said, ”Why not? A woman can donate to a man. It has nothing to do with gender. In the first and only kidney transplant done at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, this year, a young lady donated her kidney to her brother.

“Once the donor is above 18 years and all medical criteria in terms of donor selection are fulfilled, there is no problem. The donor must be medically fit and the two kidneys must be working perfectly well. Both the donor and recipient will be well and alive and able to live their normal life after the transplant.”

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How valid are these stories springing out from mainstream news sites??
I refuse to believe this story.
No FIRST LADY would deny her husband her kidney. . . . .esp a Nigerian woman.

I am happy for Mrs Yar'dua. It pays to marry a smart and educated woman. For those that don't know, people who donate kidneys sometimes stay in the hospital longer than the people who actually recieve those kidneys. Reason? The surgery involved in removing a kidney is longer and more dangerous than transplanting the organ into a reciepient. Also there are many other criteria a donor must satisfy in order to be allowed to donate, ie general good health, good and functioning residual kidney, and ability to tolerate the surgery. An emerging technology for harvesting living related donor kidneys involve laproscopy. I know a few centers that do lap. harvest in the US, but am almost certain it's not performed in Saudi Arabia. Germany? Maybe.  

haba- is it by force to part with your kidney?

What about the other wife or wives- why can't they donate theirs?

Or brothers, sisters, relatives, etc?

And why must it be a wife's kidney they must use? Are they trying to kill the woman before her time? I'm sure they can find other donors if they keep looking.

Wishing him the best of luck however.

besides, the article may be exaggerating.

African women especially moslems worship their husband.
Under normal circumstance, she should be the one offering her kidney to her husband.
The story has got many holes.

My madam?? Don't even think about it.
She would give me her 2 eye-balls if i need em.
I know how to keep her keen.

ROFL
you no well.
who else shall they find?
she's been chopping our money with him right from Niger or whatever state he hails from,it's now time to divide the national kidneys and he's only asking for one not both

It depends on my level of education na? what if i quit school at elementary 3, your statement can still hold if she stopped at elementary 5. because am surprised at the educated woman that will agree to marry a man with a loud mouth and  whose sperm swims backwards.

my dear everybody has opened eye  o
people are no longer dashing out things anyhow not to talk of kidneys
It's no easy decision.
nobody should blame her jare.
it's her choice and if she says no,people should leave her and her  good kidneys  alone.
A woman may have no problems donating her organ to her child or parents but a husband
hmm !!!
that relationship  has to be extraordinary o
you can't treat a woman anyhow and depend on her kidney later in life
Life doesn't work that way.
I'm not saying Mrs Yaradua was badly treated,I'm just saying you men should be on your best behaviour
You never know when your very ability to piss and excrete nyama nyama would depend on us
and if you're not well behaved,we'll simply say NO and no one can blame us

How did you determine that? are you a genetic engineer? I think your sperm suffers from loss of momentum AKA low sperm count.

Ok all jokes aside. Think about the morbidity and mortality of renal transplantation. If you're one of their kids, you will be better off having one sick or dead parent than having both of them die on you. Yar'dua should go to World specialized renal transplant centers, eg Mayo clinic, Cleveland clinic, or even the one in Zurich, Swizterland. The Saudi Arabians flock Mayo clinic like bees, I treated many of them in Rochester, MN those days. So why should our president go to Saudi Arabia when the Saudis go to MN? Well, unless he is on FBI wanted list like IBB, and co.

I wonder too oh.

Northern Nigerians flock to Saudi/the Middle east. Saudis flock to the US and the west.

Something's wrong with this picture.

the other wives and girlfriends should be interviewed as well.

They shouldnt hang it all on one woman when there are many of them.


 relatives too.

are you asking for her moral or renal support ?
Is she the only person in the Yaradua family with kidneys
she's even an adopted family member
if he needed a heart transplant should she also give hers away

Whatever happened to the wedding vows.
For better for worse. . . . .
Yaradua should throw this woman out if he overcomes his predicament.
Thatz what i'd do.

This boy you go kill me hia.
Knowing Naija,this may even be common gossip at the market square
when she has a verbal altercation with someone,the individual will tell her

"look at this one,when people with complete anatomy will talk,you sef with incomplete parts will open mouth kwa"

or

"look at this woman,don't let me come there and yank out that your remaining kidney, idiot"

_{people get bad mouth ,I'm telling thee}

I wish him well too. Hide, hide, hide. Next thing is to hide 6ft under!