The City of David Parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God under its Healing Stripes Hospital commissioned its expanded dialysis centre and a brand new dental unit. Ita lso re-launched its popular charity shop, It’s New to Me. The dialysis centre and dental unit were commissioned by Mr. AkinwunmiAmbode, Executive Governor of Lagos State, represented by Dr. JemiladeAdegoriolaLonge, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health.
The Healing Stripes Hospital isa specialised health care facilitywhere quality healthcare services are provided at subsidized rates. The Hospital was established in May 2010 as part of its Christian Social Reform. The hospital has attended to over13, 000 patients 5, 482 patients have received care free of charge through the church welfare programme. The goal is to ensure that quality healthcare is accessible, affordable and reliable to the community. The dialysis centre,which added 10 more machines to its operations,was opened in September 2013 to serve the needs of patients with kidney disease. Statistics show that 30 million Nigerians are suffering from kidney disease. However, only 200 machines are available to serve them, far below the requirement of 12,000 machines. The expansion of the dialysis centre makes a contribution of filling the gap. To date, the dialysis centre has conducted 2,092 subsidized dialysis sessions and 102 freesessions. Partnering with some hospitals in India, the centre has also successfully conducted 5 kidney transplants.
The Healing Stripes Cancer Screening CentreSurulere,an offshoot of The Healing Stripes Hospital was established in June 2011 as the first faith based Cancer Screening Centre for free screening and awareness. The Centre has done free cancer screening and therapy formore than 17, 542 people in Lagos State.“The dedication of the dialysis centre is made possible from the donation and goodwill of our partners,” said Dr. Ezinne, Chief Medical Director of The Healing Stripes Hospital. “We are delighted to commissionthe centre today and further impact the society through our CSRs.”
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