Techie youth.AI:Child surgery funds Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 14 2026

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Dear nigerian Techie  youth

 the world has enough  money  in both public . private.  non profit . faith based organisations .civil  society  Labour  unions.  and more to provide  surgery free of charge  to children  all over the world.

What you  have to do as a Techie  is press the right button.ssend the right signal and dance  the right dance. People  who can't  dance  can't  interact. So learn how to dance  💃. 

 There are a whole range of AI tools to design schemes that would far surpass the traditional  fund raising  platforms like go fund me and other crowd funding  platform s.we want you to design something  niche and game  changing.

 It might be peculiar  to nigeria but  also  and not necessarily  needs to be scaled up. The first  is that  it works for  nigeria 🇳🇬 

Please see some details  below.

Dear  nigerian. Tech youth 

perhaps  there is a lot you  can do about mobilising  resources  responsibility  public goods amd services talent  and content  in the service  and support  of expensive  surgery  as it concerns  nigerian children  or children  anywhere  in the world.

 Because these  days you  talk in terms of scaling up 

So you might  want to build  a platform  for all  the  surgeons  in the world or in a particular  speciality  for children  so that  they  may be able  to perform  surgery free  of charge  and pre operative and post  operative  also free. And feeding also free for  the children.

Where would  you get  the  finance  from ? 

22 billion dollars  Nigerians send home yearly. That's one.

I am thinking  of impact philanthropist  and the inter generationsl transfer of wealth from the baby boomers to the gen z and millennials which is estimated  at 80 trillion dollars.  There  is the 989 billionaire's  in USA. And 11250 centi millionaires  in usa  and 24 million millionaires  in usa.all denominator in dollars. Not  naira.

Then you have the  millionaires   UAE abd Qatari. 

125000 dollar millionaires  in Africa. 340 of them centi  millionaires  and 21 of them billionaire's in dollars. 

4200 dollar  millionaires  in Lagos  alone. 

So you just have  to be creative. Like the engineers would add anything that  can be conceived  is doable. I do not have all the answers.  I am just trading ideas. 

Below is AI generated  material  to work  on.

The estimated cost of pediatric brain surgery in Nigeria ranges from ₦1,500,000 to over ₦20,000,000, heavily depending on the medical condition, the type of facility, and the required postoperative care..

Because macroeconomic changes and inflation cause localized pricing to shift rapidly, total costs are highly variable.

Cost Breakdown by Hospital Setting

Public Teaching & Federal Medical Hospitals:

 Procedures at public institutions like University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan are generally more subsidized. 

Base surgeries here can range between ₦1,500,000 and ₦3,000,000. 

However, total expenses can climb significantly higher if complex postoperative care is required.

 For instance, a complex pediatric brain tumor removal at UCH can reach ₦15,000,000 to ₦20,000,000 once comprehensive ICU monitoring, prolonged hospital stays, and specialized medications are included.

Private Specialist Hospitals: In upscale private facilities—such as those found in Lekki or Ikeja—costs are noticeably higher. 

Base surgeries often begin at ₦2,000,000 to ₦4,500,000, while complex cranial treatments regularly exceed ₦9,000,000 to ₦12,000,000

.Estimated Costs by Procedure TypeActual surgical costs vary widely based on the specific condition being treated

:Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt / Hydrocephalus Care: Usually ranges from ₦1,500,000 to ₦2,000,000.

Pediatric Brain Tumors: Base surgical intervention ranges from ₦2,100,000 to ₦3,800,000, excluding extensive intensive care.

Epilepsy & Functional Neurosurgery: Minimum baseline costs average around ₦1,600,000 to ₦1,900,000.

Core Drivers of the Final BillIntensive Care Unit (ICU)

 Stay: Pediatric brain surgeries frequently mandate at least 24–48 hours of specialized pediatric neuro-ICU observation, which is an exceptional driver of the daily bill.

Pre-operative Investigations: Specialized diagnostic scans, including high-resolution 3D CT scans and brain MRIs, add hundreds of thousands of Naira to the initial bill.

Implants and Consumables: The specialized acquisition of shunts, plates, and surgical navigation equipment directly dictates the pricing fluidly.Financial Coverage and