By Olawale Olalekan
Pastor Enoch Adeboye and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has donated dialysis centre to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) Wesley Guild, Ilesa.
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun officially commissioned Enoch and Folu Adeboye Dialysis Centre at OAUTHC Wesley Guild, on Thursday, in Ilesa to mark Pastor Folu Adeboye’s 77th Birthday.
The Governor commended the mission for their consistent good gesture in touching lives in health sector, education and humanitarian relief at every nooks and crannies worldwide.
Adeleke emphasised that kidney related ailments on the rise in which many patients cannot affords the treatment, appreciated Pastor Adeboye and his wife for filling the gap of hope for hopeless and help for helpless.
The Governor, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Health, Barr. Jola Akinsola, charged other Christian organisation, NGO, philanthropists for support, appealed to the hospital management to effectively maintain the centre.
He pledged that the state government will collaborate with the Federal Government to ensure the centre is not close down and would provide consumables to use therein.
Earlier, Pastor Johnson Odesola, the RCCG Continental Overseer, who doubles as Continents SouthWest, Nigeria, testify that Pastor Adeboye is a Pathfinder that doesn’t only preach the gospel, but demonstrated what he preaches.
Odesola, who represented Pastor Adeboye said that the General Overseer showing care to generality,for his aim is for this generation to fulfil their destiny by living well with a sound health.
He lamented on ours leaders that patronised foreign medical treatment, appealed to them to emulate the good gesture of Pastor Adeboye by giving the best on health sector for citizenry to enjoy the dividends of democracy.
Earlier, Pastor Kayode Pitan, the Assistant National Christian Social Responsibility Coordinator (CSR), RCCG, said that “His Love Foundation (HLF)”, is the charity arm of RCCG that involved in social, health and education, among others.
Pitan, who was represented by Assistant CSR Coordinator, Pastor Detola Akinyemi, stated that they are commissioning 13th dialysis centre the RCCG is donating across Nigeria.
According to him, their various inventions have benefitted 207,761,297 people for past eight years and they have spent over N110 billion on various social impact in the country.
“We’ve completed over 3 million projects and impacted not less than 656 LG areas in the nation.
“Our latest dialysis centre building was donated by Pastor Folu Adeboye, that has three dialysis machines bed; one water reverse osmosis purification system; one 30 KVA generator and air conditioners”. National CSR.
In his remarks, the Chief Medical Director, OAUTHC Prof. John Okeniyi, appreciated God for given everyone the grace to witness the day, congratulations the celebrant and thanked them for the donation.
Okeniyi said that OAUTHC, Ile-Ife is the largest of the branch that pioneer renal transplantation in Nigeria and the donation of dialysis centre includes a purpose-built facility, dialysis machines and chairs.
He added that this centre will serve patients across six states and complement their critical tools for treating kidney failure, who face life threatening.
The CMD appealed for start-up consumables for at least 20 patients, to enable immediate service delivery to those most in need.
