Toheeb Jeda S., 19

Toheeb is a young apprentice electrician who lives with his mother and sister. His parents are separated, and his father, who does not live with the family, visits occasionally. Toheeb is learning electrical work to build a better future and become financially independent. His mother sells provisions, while his sister works as a hairdresser. The family has a combined monthly income of about ₦30,000, making it difficult to meet their daily needs and afford medical care. Toheeb has been experiencing abdominal pain mainly in the right lower abdomen, with the pain radiating towards the area around his navel. He has received antibiotics and pain medication several times, but these have provided only minimal and temporary relief. Following medical assessment, he was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and requires appropriate treatment.

Based on the medical documents provided, this 19-year-old female patient, Toheeb, presents with abdominal pain and vomiting, with physical examinations revealing right iliac fossa tenderness and mild dehydration. An abdominal ultrasound has confirmed a clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Toheeb requires an immediate appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix), and failing to proceed with this urgent surgery risks a life-threatening rupture that can cause widespread abdominal infection (peritonitis), sepsis, and shock.