Days after Nollywood lost Muna Obiekwe, there were reports that Nollywood veteran, Prince James Uche, was down with heart disease, memory and sight loss, and has been served and eviction notice from his Landlord ordering him to vacate from 45, Yetunde Brown Street, Gbagada, Lagos.
Uche, who rose to fame in the 2001 blockbuster, Odigbo, is still languishing in pains and crying for help. He was former Vice President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria and seasoned actor, however, his illness has kept him off the screen for more than eight years.
His kidneys no longer function properly and he was able to undergo five dialyses in 2013, with financial assistance from members of his church – Our Lady the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Gbagada, Lagos but there are fears the kidney may pack up due to inadequate medical attention.
These illness has cost him his life savings and even his marriage. In 2012, his wife abandoned him because she could no longer cope with the burden of taking care of him and their three children. His Family abandoned him to his fate as well.
In an interview, Mr. Uche tell the story below to Punch magazine.
He said, “All I can remember is that something struck me on the left side of my face about eight years ago, when I was heading for the burial ceremony of Pete Edochie’s mother at Nteje in Anambra State. I had no idea what hit me in the face, but it happened when I arrived at the junction leading to the town.
“I got to the venue of the ceremony and stayed in the town for two days. On the third day, I suddenly found that I could no longer move my body freely. Although, I barely managed to get up on my feet, I could not climb up the staircase.
“I had to wait till the following Sunday before deciding to leave for Lagos. But my friend, Edochie, persuaded me to follow him to Enugu where he lived at the time. I slept in Enugu on that day. In the morning I went for treatment in a hospital.
“After the doctor had finished examining me, he stared at me with his mouth half open in shock for a long time. When I asked what was wrong, he said I should have been dead. He took my pulse again and then, sweating, said my blood pressure was abnormally high. He said it had risen up to 300 and it was a miracle that I was still alive.”
Uche got to find out he had a heart problem and the doctor the Enugu hospital prescribed a certain drug for his illness and instructed him to take it for the rest of his life.
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