AFTER the torrential rainfall of penultimate Sunday, the Lagos State prime tertiary medical facility, Lagos State Teaching University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), played host to a large contingent of ecclesiastical ministers from the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. The contingent included the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, who had defied the early morning downpour to dedicate a facility refurbished and equipped by the church in LASUTH.

 

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of service to God and humanity, the Apapa Family of the church, made up of over 1,200 parishes across the globe, decided to donate a brand new N40 million fully equipped Intensive Care Unit, ICU, to LASUTH in honour of Adeboye and his wife, Pastor Foluke Adeboye, for their selfless service to God and mankind.

 

The anniversary, according to the head of Apapa Family, also featured a Women in Leadership series and skills acquisition programme while a group of women in the church, known as Arise Women, partnered the World Kidney Foundation for Africa in a medical intervention programme as well as hosting the 7th edition of God’s Children Got Talent, GCGT, a talent hunt for children and young people to identify and nurture brand ambassadors that would positively impact on the nation’s entertainment culture.

 

Besides refurbishing and equipping the ICU in the Surgical Emergency section of the hospital, the Apapa Family, headed by Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, a trained lawyer, also donated four CR 5,000 ICU Beds, four Alpha Active 4 Mattresses, B-Braun Infusion Pumps, Syringe Pumps, Muliti-Parameter patient monitors and bedside lockers.

 

Adeboye, who took time to pray for some critically ill patients after two earlier sermons at the Church’s national headquarters in Ebute Metta and at the Tafawa Balewa Square, venue of EXCEL 2017, declared the facility open, praying: “This place is opened in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. My Father and my God, we pray that beginning from now in this place, there will be no more death. Anyone who is brought here will go back home smiling.

 

“We ask that Your healing power will begin to operate here. In the entire hospital, this day will mark a turning point for the better and for those who work here, my Father and my God let it be well with them. Take care of their families and let Your healing power flow through them. I pray Lord God Almighty that this day will begin a new time of testimonies of signs and wonders, not only in this hospital, but also in all the hospitals in Lagos State and all those who are present here. If they have any form of ailment at all, heal them all in Jesus name. We unveil this plaque in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, God bless you.”

 

Attributing the trail blazing growth of Apapa Family as a result of the annual EXCEL Conference to the power of sple dour of the Almighty God which has blessed million, Adeboye charged the leadership not to rest on their oars, because “we have achieved so much but then we have hardly scratched the surface. We thank God for the giant strides but there is still much land to be conquered. Our only option is to increase the tempo and overcome all mountains standing in the way.”

 

Speaking at the inauguration and handing over of the unit and the equipment, Iluyomade explained the rational behind the donation, saying it was part of the church’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), mantaining that it has become imperative for individuals and corporate organisations to assist the Nigerian government because the demands of the people, especially in terms of the provision of critical infrastructure, need everybody’s attention and involvement.