Governor Abiodun Commends RCCG for Donating Only Functional Dialysis Centre
Mary Nnah
The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commended His Love Foundation, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCGG) Charity for donating another dialysis centre – the Enoch and Folu Adeboye Dialysis centre – at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, to the state government
Speaking through the Deputy Governor, Engineer Noimot Salako, he said, “Ogun State is very grateful to RCCG as we have witnessed several donations since the commencement of our administration especially during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic where RCCG ICU center was emptied to support Ogun State isolation centers”.
The governor acknowledged that Dialysis is a major necessity for the state adding that this full-fledged and ultra- modern unit with state-of-the-art facilities that include three Dialysis Machines, a Medical Water Reverse Osmosis Purification System and a 30KVA generator, will improve healthcare delivery at the hospital.
Abiodun noted further that the donation will also guarantee better outcomes for patients with impaired renal functions, adding that the new dialysis centre will fit perfectly into the administration’s plans to rehabilitate and equip hospitals and health institutions.
“This is as we are continuously improving Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) not only as a tertiary institution, but to serve as an effective referral centre for the lower tier healthcare delivery centres.
” On behalf of the staff and management of OOUTH, I promise that the government will support this facility and it will be well maintained and used to improve the health of our people.”
The General Overseer RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, represented by Pastor (Prof) Aboaba Folagbade, in his goodwill message reiterated that the church will not relent on its efforts to impact lives positively by providing spiritual and physical support to everyone irrespective of where they are from in Nigeria.
He expressed the belief that the dialysis center in Sagamu will complement the ICU center at RCCG Redemption Camp, Mowe and will be put into good use by the authorities to the glory of God and many lives will be saved to God’s kingdom.
The clergyman further thanked the HLF team for the good work that the foundation is doing and the Ogun State government for the kind cooperation and partnership.
Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, Assistant Continental Overseer and Intercontinental Overseer CSR, while making the donation of the Dialysis Center to the state government noted that “a critical look at the needs for Kidney Dialysis in Nigeria gives the dire picture of the task at hand and based on needs assessment, we discovered that Kidney Diseases represent 8-10 per cent of hospital admissions in Nigeria with only 175 functioning Dialysis machines in the whole of the country to take care of the over 25 million patients”.
According to him, the case burden for Kidney disease management is quite heavy, but with the special grace of God, the Christian Social Responsibility arm of RCCG will continue to uphold the divine mandate of our Lord and Saviour that “I was sick and you visited me. (Matthew 25: 36)”.
Acting Chief Medical Director, Mrs. Oluwabunmi M. Fatungase in her appreciation to the HLF and RCCG said “we sent letters to several corporate organisations and religious bodies but to our surprise without our physical follow up, HLF came to inspect our facility and promised to overhaul the facility which is what we are witnessing today”.
She then assured the leadership of RCCG and HLF that the hospital management will adequately maintain the facility for good usage of Ogun State residents and Nigeria at large.
Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, the Akarigbo of Remoland while appreciating the HLF and RCCG on behalf of the people of Sagamu and Remo land said that he considers this an auspicious event and thanked the foundation and Pastor Enoch Adeboye for the great work he has done.
