I got this troubling message today from Eddy Ogbemudia a student of the university of benin about a student Ejiro Diachevbe(photo above) who is currently down with avascular necrosis. Read reports and email attachments below.



N4m stands between him and losing his hip joint to avascular necrosis, which he contracted last year. Ejiro Diachevbe, a 300-Level Economics and Statistics student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), needs the money for a corrective surgery, EDDY UWOGHIREN (300-Level Medicine and Surgery) writes.


He is known to be energetic. But, in the past seven months, Ejiro Diachevbe, 22, has been bedridden, battling to live. The 300-Level Economics and Statistics student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) risks losing his right hip joint to avascular necrosis.

Avascular necrosis is a medical condition caused by death of bone component due to interruption of blood supply. It often leads to destruction of bone surfaces.


Ejiro struggled to walk as he moved from the first floor of Regina Idiado Villa, his hostel in Ekosodin area, to the ground floor to fetch water. When his neighbours rush to take their bath in the morning, Ejiro needs to wait because he does not have the energy to join in the scramble. His friends have become his cook; they take turns to prepare his meal. “The last seven months have been a sort of hell for me,” he told CAMPUSLIFE last weekend.

According to him, he felt a sharp pain in his hip last year and went to the university health centre where he was treated. To his surprise, the pains returned a few days after. He returned to the clinic and was referred to the Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology of the UNIBEN Teaching Hospital (UBTH).


At the hospital, Dr A.O Ogbemudia, a consultant, advised him to do an X-ray scan of his hip. The scan, he said, was conducted by a Consultant Radiologist and Sonologist, Dr A.I. Akhamacuna, at the Benin Radiological Services (BRS) in Uselu.

The report reads:


“There is some deformity with flattening of the right capital femoral epiphysis associated with partial fragmentation. The iliac, pubic and ischial bones are intact. Findings show avascular necrosis of the right femoral capital epiphysis.”

Ejioro said:


“When I took the X-ray report to Dr. Ogbemudia, he confirmed I have avascular necrosis and that I require N4 million for corrective surgery. I searched for information about the condition online and I discovered that the disease has to do with compromise of blood flow to the hip joint and can be caused by abuse of drug and alcohol. The only drug I take without doctor’s prescription is anti-malaria pills, which everyone takes. I am a Christian and I do not take alcohol and till date, I am still wondering how I got this disease. I am just praying that God heals me of this disease.”


He said his parents had spent their life savings to ensure he returns to his feet. He said: “For the past five months, I have been going for checkups at the UBTH every Thursday. This condition has drained my parents’ savings. Whenever I go for check-up, it is either I am told to undergo one scan or the other. I returned from the clinic few hours ago and spent N25,000 on drug, X-ray scan and laboratory test. The money people have contributed for the surgery is what I am currently using to manage the condition.”

Two weeks ago, the doctor told him he had no time to waste on the surgery. The longer he waits, the worse the situation becomes and perhaps, more expensive the corrective surgery will get. Ejiro is at the point of deferring his studies. He said that the condition is making him to miss lectures and lose focus. He won’t be able to write the second semester examination.

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