This is not the best of times for
the Nigerian film industry as a renowned Nollywood reporter, critic and film
producer, Stanley Okoronkwo has been diagnosed of a heart condition, which the
doctors say, would require an urgent corrective surgery.
The problem started
after the journalist cum producer had a heart attack in November 2016; although
he was resuscitated, he has been going in and out of hospitals since then with
life-threatening symptoms like shortness of breath and periodic blackouts.
Appealing from his sick bed for
assistance from well-meaning Nigerians and lovers of the entertainment
industry, Stanley Okoronkwo disclosed that his problem is specifically ‘an
unfolded aorta and enlarged heart’, said, he decided to cry out for help rather
than dying in silence. “I have done the best I could. I have nothing left, and
if I do not cry out, death will be very imminent for me. I have been referred
to Dr. Devanada, a consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon in India and
he is waiting for me to come for surgery there. The cost is N10m. I am
appealing to Nigerians to come to my aid so I get the required treatment
urgently.
These are very trying moments and I know that God will use the good
people out there to touch my life”.
In order to save Stanley Okoronkwo,
donations towards his treatment can be received through accounts with the
following details: STANLEY OKORONKWO, ZENITH BANK..2174892102 or STANLEY
OKORONKWO 3020383386 in FIRST BANK.
Okoronkwo’s contributions in the
industry are indeed enormous. Aside being behind great productions like
‘Omugwu’, ‘Killing Machine’, ‘Innocent Blood’, ‘York Street’, ‘Have
Mercy’ and ‘Weep No More’, he has written for several news publications and is
the brain behind the Nollywood Personalities Awards, NOPA, which has been
honouring personalities of note in Nollywood since 1997. He was the National
PRO, Association of Movie Producers as well as the Secretary of the Screen
Writers Guild of Nigeria.
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