Daniel McKorley, also known as “McDan,” the chief executive officer of the McDan Group of Companies, has intervened to get Sulemana Abdul Samed, Ghana’s tallest man, treated for a rare condition that causes him to grow oddly tall.
The young man from Ghana’s northern region rose to fame last year as a result of reports about his height, which led to rumors that he might be the tallest man in the world.
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He was found to have acromegaly, a rare endocrine condition brought on by the body producing too much growth hormone.
He claims that unless surgery is done to stop it, doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital have informed him that he will keep getting taller.
“I need help for surgery because the doctors said the growth is in my head, so I need surgery to stop it,” Samed cried in a Citi TV report.
The young man continued by saying that, in addition to his apparent spinal cord pains from his unusual height, he also experiences chronic back pain.
In addition to the health problems brought on by his height, Samed lamented the fact that it takes at least 14 yards of fabric to sew just one piece of clothing for himself, which has a negative impact on his finances.
He discussed how the strain on his finances caused his mobile money business, which was a source of income for him, to fail.
“His double-sized mattress and a student mattress have been combined to give him relative comfort, even that, he has to sleep in a diagonal way.
“From afar, he looks tall and like a giant but a closer view of him reveals Awuche is physically unfit.
“He is battling chronic wounds with a bandage tied to his left leg. There is also a visible wound on the right leg plus other health conditions,” citinewsroom.com reported last year.
“They called me that Awuche has a problem and his problem is lingering. So I quickly called Kelvin, my foundation team and Carlos to pay him a visit and see what we can do for him,” he told JoyNews.
Thankfully, McDan has offered to pay for Samed’s medical care and enable him to lead a purposeful life.
He claims that after hearing about the young man’s plight from reports, his team in the northern region of Ghana informed him of the situation.
Myjoyonline.com reports that the McDan Foundation has offered to pay for the young man’s medical care in full.
“Having the tallest man in the world in your backyard is a big deal. If you ask me, it is a big deal and that must be looked at seriously. And as a nation we cannot allow such a person, excuse my language rot in the north,” the news website quoted the business mogul to have said.
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Thanks to the McDan Foundation, Awuche is presently undergoing a series of ultrasound scans at the Blue Valley Specialist Medical Center.
“Dr Bulley is one orthopaedic surgeon in the world and we happen to have him right here in Ghana. I took Awuche to the best doctor to look at his situation. It is expensive to use a doctor like Dr Bulley but it’s the results we want” McDan said.
A BBC reporter took Samed’s height last year and recorded it as 7 feet 4 inches. With the assistance that has come his way, the young man will hopefully receive treatment that will allow him to enjoy his life.
