In Lagos, a man named Bobby Dennar finds himself at the edge of what medicine can sustain without money — his kidneys have failed, and a machine now performs the work his body can no longer do. Since January 2025, he has lived in the rhythm of twice-weekly dialysis, a rhythm that keeps him alive but cannot keep him well. His family has turned to the public with an appeal for N35 million, the sum standing between Dennar and a kidney transplant that doctors say is his only real path forward. It is a story as old as human vulnerability itself: one life, held in the hands of many strangers.
Family appeals for N35m to fund urgent kidney transplant for ESRD patient
Bobby Dennar faces life-threatening end-stage kidney disease and is dependent on dialysis twice weekly; without transplant funding, his condition will continue to deteriorate.