By Foday Moriba Conteh
Samuel Foryoh, a 15 year old boy who is a resident of Loko Town, Gloucester Village in the Western Rural District and a pupil of the Sierra Leone Grammar School has on Tuesday 11th February, 2020 called on the Government of Sierra Leone and other humanitarian organizations to come to his aid as he is presently in a very critical health situation being afflicted by an unknown disease.
Speaking to this medium in an interview at Life Care Hospital at Lumley, where he is currently admitted, Samuel Foryoh disclosed that he has been suffering from an unknown disease for the past one year, adding that sometime in March last year he started experiencing a swelling on his face and legs and since then such has continued.
He said they have sought medical treatment in so many hospitals across the country in search of a cure but said lamentably there is no hospital in Sierra Leone that has been able to diagnose the sickness he is suffering from for the past one year.
It is against such a grim backdrop that he decided to call on the Government of Sierra Leone and other humanitarian organizations to support him in order to be flown out of the country, where he believes he could be cured.
The mother of the sick child, Kadiatu Foryoh, disclosed that her son Samuel Foryoh has been experiencing swelling on his face and legs which he has been suffering from all this while.
She noted that as a family they have exhausted all they have to ensure that their son is cured but all their effort have proved futile as there are no positive signs of making any headway.
She said they have gone to so many hospitals in the country but up till now the right type of illness of Samuel is suffering from has not been diagnosed. The mother added that all the hospitals they have visited confirmed that he is suffering from a disease but cannot tell which type of disease he is suffering from.
She ended by calling on the Government of Sierra Leone and other humanitarian organizations to come to their aid as their son is presently in a very critical situation and needs urgent treatment which they believe cannot be done here in Sierra Leone but out of the country.
Members of the public who wish to support Samuel Foryoh should contact The Calabash Newspaper on 102 Soldier Street, email:calabashnewspaper@gmail.com or contact +23276482358.
