In desperate need of a kidney transplant in India

With gloom on his face, Ronald Atama, 38, lies on his hospital bed at Panorama Medical Centre in Kamwokya, a suburb of Kampala. He is having his tenth dialysis in a space of 20 days. Dialysis is a process that filters harmful wastes, extra salt and water from the blood.
It is often used to treat advanced chronic kidney disease when the kidneys lose their ability to function.
A pipe on his chest lets out his body waste. He undergoes this process thrice a week and each session lasts at least four hours.
Each hospital visit costs him not less than Shs380,000 which means he spends approximately Shs1,140,000 per week, excluding consultation fees and the cost of extra drugs.
The manager of the Amolata District branch of Post Bank says, “The doctors said failure to have the dialysis done in time could worsen my condition, leading to excess waste in the body.”
However, the dialysis is just a life support process. Atama needs to undergo a kidney transplant as soon as possible but he lacks the funds. For the transplant, he needs about Shs87m as per the quotation he got from Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India.

Genesis of the problem
December 25, 2014 started like any ordinary day of merry-making. Atama even went to church that day. Then residing in his home district of Yumbe, where he had gone to spend the festive season with his extended family, he recalls feeling a sharp stab of pain in his chest towards lunch time.
Narrating in a low tone, he recalls with shock the speed at which the pain spread in his body. By the end of Christmas day, he was admitted to a nearby clinic, diagnosed with Malaria and given an injection and pain killers.
When the pain persisted, he was rushed to Arua Town to see a physician. Since he had always had high blood pressure, he was given drugs to treat hypertension, among other things, and sent back home.
Between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve, Atama’s condition declined to the point where he was unable to pass urine and his body was beginning to swell. He was first transferred to Rema Clinic in Arua Town where the doctor recommended a chronic kidney test and drugs to accelerate the passing of urine, but he could only pass very little. He was then rushed to Arua regional Referral Hospital and later moved to International Hospital Kampala where he was diagnosed with End Stage Kidney disease.

Appeal
Atama is grateful to his employers who have met some of his medical bills but he still needs more support to raise the required amount for treatment. According to the medical report written by Dr Gyaviira Makanga, a physician and Nephrologist at Panorama Medical Centre, a series of tests must be carried out on Atama and his potential kidney donor. Preferably, the donor should be a first degree biological relative (brother, sister or parent).