Nigerian health influencer, Aproko doctor reveals brain tumour diagnosis
A Nigerian doctor who has cultivated a large following on social media through his health advice has revealed that he is recovering from life-saving surgery to deal with a brain tumour.
Dr Chinonso Egemba - who is better known as the Aproko doctor - has two million followers on Twitter.
Many of them have been sharing his video where he describes the diagnosis and the treatment, saying: "I was fighting for my life."
Throughout December of 2022, I was fighting for my life. I went blind in one eye on the 3rd of Dec. 2022 & on the 5th, I was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
— Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) January 16, 2023
Today I stand here before you to share my story. It has been a long road to recovery but each day is better than the last. pic.twitter.com/PECblk7Q73
"One thing to understand is that health issues can happen to you regardless of who you are including me," he said.
With his social media accounts he tries to educate people on health matters.
Dr Egemba is also an advocate for improving healthcare in Nigeria.
Sharing a picture of the neurosurgeon who treated him, he wrote: "So many people begged me to leave the country and get the surgery done but something kept me back here because I still had trust in us."
The full story of how this brain tumour affected me and my family is up on my YouTube, you can click the link below to watch the full video.
— Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) January 16, 2023
Link: https://t.co/CDTBTnu3FI
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