- TikTok star Jarvis and her boyfriend, Peller, launched a N30 million GoFundMe campaign to cover the cost of surgery for a mouth tumor.
- Dentist @Dentalgiorgio criticized the campaign, claiming the actual cost for the surgery at his clinic is only about N200,000.
- The dentist estimated that even with additional expenses (tests, biopsy, admission, and feeding), the total would be under N500,000.
- Another user, @Phatill, corroborated the dentist’s statement, noting that the tumor surgery at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) cost approximately N405,000 the previous year.
A Nigerian dentist has challenged the N30 million GoFundMe campaign launched by TikTok star Jarvis, who is currently battling a mouth tumor.
The campaign was initiated by Jarvis and her boyfriend, Peller, to gather support for her urgent medical needs.
Peller had appealed to fans for financial assistance to meet the hefty target required for Jarvis’s surgery.
However, shortly after the campaign was announced, dentist @Dentalgiorgio took to X (formerly Twitter) to express his disbelief at the amount being sought.
“Not to be a spoiler, but this so called surgery costs about 200k in my centre, adding tests, biopsy, admission charges and feeding, it’s not up to 500k talk less of a million. This is a detty December fundraising. That’s all I can say,” he wrote while quoting the video.
Supporting the dentist’s claim, another user identified as @Phatill highlighted that the cost of the tumor surgery at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) was approximately N405,000 as of the previous year.
“Exactly #405,000 at LASUTH this time last year. Social media is a hard drug,” she added.
In related news, Nigerian TikToker Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has made a heartfelt request to the public for help with his girlfriend, Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, also called Jadrolita or Jarvis.
In a touching video that has moved many, Peller shared the tough reality Jarvis is facing as she fights a serious mouth tumor…