17-year-old orphan discharged from hospital after amputation

A 17- year old orphan, Racheal Onyinyechi, who has undergone amputation after being rescued by a human rights organisation, Stand For Humanity Foundation, has been discharged from Imo State Specialists Hospital Umuguma in Owerri, Imo State.

Onyinyechi was abandoned under the care of her grandmother who could barely feed herself after a motor accident, leaving her situation to degenerate into the infection of the leg and amputation. She has, however, been certified fit after the treatment.

The situation prompted the founder of the organisation, Chidiebube Okeoma, to move in and assist the orphan from Umunachi community in the Obowo Local Government Area of the state on June 4, 2025.

Okeoma, in a statement on Monday in Owerri, announced that the minor had been discharged and taken home after her right limb was amputated in order to save her life.

Okeoma who disclosed that the orphan without a sibling was managed for one month at the hospital thanked Imo State Health Insurance Agency for picking 100 percent of the girl’s hospital bills.

He said that the foundation was grateful to the Imo State Health Insurance Agency led by its Executive Secretary, Dr.UcheEwelike for picking one hundred percent of the hospital bills and compassionate Nigerians who assisted the organization for her upkeep and feeding throughout her stay in the hospital.

According to him, “We at Stand For Humanity Foundation are happy to announce that the 17- year- old orphan, Racheal Onyinyechi we rescued from her village in Umunachi community in Obowo in a very precarious condition with maggots coming out of her body has been certified fit to go home after a successful amputation procedure.

All medical investigations we carried out showed that her right limb was not salvageable and the only way to save her life was to amputate the affected limb. Thanks to the Imo State Government for picking the medical bills. We also thank Nigerians who assisted us take care of her feeding and upkeep and others who came to the hospital and donated blood for her.

“We have taken her home in Obowo. She has expressed her desire to be a medical doctor in future and we are committed to her realizing her dream.

We also want to provide her with a prosthetic limb and we beacon on Nigerians to assist us to ensure that this vulnerable child God rescued through us fulfills her destiny. ‘’