Nollywood icon Amaechi Muonagor appeals for financial support for kidney transplant

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Renowned Nollywood veteran, Amaechi Muonagor, has reached out to Nigerians for financial assistance to undergo a kidney transplant in India.

In a widely circulated video across social media platforms, Muonagor appears visibly in need, lying on a hospital bed, as he appeals for assistance.

Beside him sat his colleague from the Nollywood industry, Kingsley Orji, who pleaded on his behalf.

Orji disclosed that Muonagor had recently discharged himself from the teaching hospital due to financial limitations, emphasizing the urgency of his situation.

“It has not been easy. He has been in this condition for months now. He wants to go for a kidney transplant. What we want is for you to help us for him to travel to India,” Orji said.

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“He just came back from the ICU in Nnewi teaching hospital a couple of days ago. He was responding to treatment but not very well.

“We decided to bring him home because there was no money but it is not advisable. He barely talks well. Please, he needs your help.”

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This plea comes after Muonagor’s revelation in November 2023, when he publicly disclosed his struggle with paralysis, which had affected half of his body.

In his words, “I’m sick, this thing that is called stroke caught up with me, and from there they rushed me to the hospital. The first hospital they rushed me to was in Nnewi, where I spent some two months and I was referred to Teaching Hospital Nnewi and here I am.

“I was on a movie set with Emeka Ani, Patience Ozokwo, Rita Edochie, and Ebele Okaro. I was about to enter my car when I was struck with this problem and since then it has been getting worse. Right now, I can’t move, I can’t walk on my own. Half of my left leg is paralyzed, my left hand is not movable, so it is a problem for me.

“I’m calling on well-spirited individuals to come to my assistance, to see how they can help me. It is paralysis, half of my body.”