LAGOS: The Heal the World Foundation and Apostle Tola Olukilede Foundation have lifted the Gbagada General Hospital and Orile Agege General Hospital, both secondary health facilities in Lagos, with legacy projects to enhance quality delivery and access to healthcare services.
The legacy projects were delivered on Sunday, November 3rd.
At the Gbagada General Hospital, where the foundations unveiled its renovation of the entire second floor of the hospital, the MD/CEO, Dr. Olusegun Joseph commended Dr. Olukilede for delivering projects at the hospital for the second year running.
He appreciated the fact that the foundation had moved from renovating just one department/rooms, to renovation a whole floor.
By so doing, Dr. Joseph said the foundation renovated the Psychiatry Clinic, the ENT Clinic and the Seminar Room, which he said doubles as counseling room for relatives of patients.
Notably, Dr. Joseph pointed out that the renovation of the Psychiatry department carries multiple advantages, including impacting the health of the patients. “Because psychiatry illness is a thing of the mind, when such patients are treated in a clean environment, 50% of the job is done.”
The Special Guest of Honour , the MD Toyota Nigeria Limited, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo, expressed his delight at being part of such laudable project.
He commended the philanthropy of Dr. Olukilede, considering his background, which was not so opulent, even as he described him as ‘an elder brother’ because like him, he is also from Ilara-Mokin, and one of his ‘very diligent staff’ whom he does not joke with.
In his address, Apostle Dr. Olukilede said the project, along with another to be unveiled later the same day at Orile Agege General Hospital, were the foundation’s legacy projects for the year.
“Apart from scholarships, payment of hospital bills, provision of accommodation for indigent citizens, the Legacy Project is a book we have started writing about us for people to read many years to come.”
Led by Olukilede and Ade-Ojo, the team did a ‘ward round,’ praying for patients, anointing some and even paying hospital bills of some lucky patients.
At Orile-Agege General Hospital, the Heal the World Foundation and Apostle Tola Olukilede Foundation unveiled a Children’s Ward fully equipped with beddings and mattress.
The MD/CEO of the hospital, Dr Sola Pitan thanked the foundation and the entire crew for the gesture, which he said was timely, especially as it was about to be considered for Housemanship for trainee doctors.
He took the visitors through the history of the hospital, which has seen it emerge as a major go-to hospital in the Agege/Abule-Egba axis of Lagos, since it started out as a PHC in 1982 and was upgraded to a General Hospital in 1999.
He highlighted the progress of the hospital since he took over as MD/CEO, to include expanding the Emergency Room hospital beds from 15 to 30 beds, physiotherapy now has five treatment rooms, hospital now has six theatres from two, including the fact that Anchor University now uses it for its School of Nursing clinical rotation; earning the tag ‘Chief Marketing Officer’ of the hospital from Mr. Ade-Ojo and Apostle Olukilede.
