[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 [if gte mso 10]> Omar Jobe, a 5-year-old boy and resident of Serrekunda, is in urgent need of overseas treatment.

According to the medical report issued from the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), the patient, Omar Jobe, was born with an anorectal anomaly which manifested as an imperforate anus. An intervention was made for a temporary palliative colostomy, after he was reviewed by the paediatric surgical team. On evaluation, he was seen with an imperforate anus and a functional colostomy.

The report added that the passage managed is stocked and an urgent overseas surgery is required for the operation to be carried out in the imperforated anus for the proper passage of excretes.In this respect, the report noted that he will need an abroad radiological study of genitor-urinary tracts with an intravenous to reduce any relevant genitor-urinary tract anomaly achieving a definitive surgical anoplasty. 

Speaking to the Daily Observer, Nato Jadama, the patient’s mother, lamented that her son experienced series of discriminations from his peers which made him isolated. She therefore seeks for assistance from the government, NGOs, institutions and individuals to help her son.Anyone willing to help can contact the Daily Observer on: 4414424.