James Uche, a Nollywood actor, who needs N11 million to undergo kidney transplant and eye surgery abroad, is set to be ejected from a Lagos hospital due to lack of funds.
Uche, who is bedridden, has been hospitalised for the past few years as a result of a kidney-related ailment.
His son, James Uche Junior on Thursday begged Nigerians to help his father with the required funds to complete his treatment and travel for surgery.
In a video posted on Instagram, the actor said, “I want to be alive, please help me”, while his son appealed to Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia state governor, and other Nigerians, to assist his father financially.
He wrote: “Living a happy life of contentment was our family’s greatest plan until our father Prince James Uche fell sick; everything changed.
“Our lives and that of dad has been in the mercy of some good samaritans who has assisted us all these while in paying dad’s hospital bills; clothing us and making sure we feed twice or thrice a day but today, we are helpless as the samaritans say they have also run out of resources to continue dad’s treatment.”
“Now we’re hopeless and homeless as the hospital where we live our small lives with dad threatens to throw us out on January 3, 2017,” Uche Junior added.
The ailing Uche is a former vice president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
Nigerians recently raised N10 million for Leo Mezie, another actor who required a kidney transplant to stay alive.
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