A 30-year –old man, Taiwo Eko who attempted suicide by drinking a raw motor battery acid in 2011 over what he described as helpless condition, is now urgently in need of medical attention to survive the damages done to himself.
He bought N400 acid from road side mechanic whom he lied that he was going to use it for important experiment and ended up using himself as the experiment material with an excuse that he had no parent or anybody to assist him in life.
Taiwo, after attempting to take his life damaged his throat and his voice cracked. His tongue was also affected which made him not to speak louder to the hearing of anyone in the same room with him except the person draw closer.
The Delta State born Taiwo who now eat through the assistance of naso -gasgric tube (GNB) and artificial oxygen for his breathing, said he had been treated both in Nigeria and India yet his condition is getting worse on daily basis.
He said Apollo Hospital in India treated him to the extent that he no longer breath with artificial oxygen or eat through tube, adding that he was surprised and confused that when he returned to Nigeria everything got worse.
Taiwo pleaded with the State and Federal government to return him back to India where he had contacted a doctor who promised to save his life. He noted that his major problem is fund since he has no parent or working to earn income.
Narrating how he attempted to take his life, Taiwo said “I drank acid; I wanted to kill myself because I was not happy with my condition. I have no parent and I have being suffering for many years without help. I went to mechanic workshop to get the acid with N400 but the acid didn’t end my life the way I wanted.
“The people who rushed me to the hospital said I was already dead, that the first hospital rejected me. I was referred to Eko Hospital in Delta State and nothing happened. They took me to University of Benin Teaching Hospital where I stayed a year and six months.
“But later the Hospital management changed their mind to perform surgery on me. As God want it, I met Dr. Richard Okonye, a man of God who volunteered to take me to India where I got treated. But when I came back to Nigeria my condition got worse. I called one of the doctors in India and he said I should come to India, but I don’t have money to travel abroad. I am begging Nigerians to help me.”