The equipment include : four CR 5 , 000 ICU Beds , four Alpha Active 4 Mattresses , B -Braun Infusion Pumps , Syringe Pumps , Multi -Parameter Patient monitors and bedside lockers.
The church had also refurbished and equipped the ICU in the Surgical Emergency section of the hospital .
The Head Pastor of RCCG, Apapa Family , Idowu Iluyomade , spoke at the inauguration of the units and handing over of the equipment .
Iluyomade said that the donation was part of the church ’ s Corporate Social Responsibility activities .
According to him , the church has been partnering the state government in the area of health, to ensure that quality healthcare is accessible to all that needed it.
“ We believe that one of the duties of the church is to serve God and humanity; this is just another milestone in our corporate social responsibility projects.
“ We have been serving the state , most especially , in the last 10 years ; we have mobile clinics , hospitals and we feed people in the state .
“ We want to ensure that the people are healthy and have good quality healthcare , “ he said .
In his response, the Chief Medical Director of LASUTH , Prof. Adewale Oke , said that the gesture should be emulated by well - meaning Nigerians.
Oke was represented by the Director, Clinical Services and Training , LASUTH , Dr Ayoade Adedokun .
“ This huge donation made by RCCG, Apapa Family, to upgrade our ICU facility to a more conducive one is quite laudable .
“ This humanitarian feat will assist tremendously in the management and treatment of patients , ’’ Oke said .
He urged well -meaning Nigerians including NGOs , corporate organisations and individuals to partner the government in several areas of the hospital activities .
Oke said , “ For instance , there can be the expansion of some facilities that are currently on ground ; this will encourage more people to come for treatment.
“ There are many areas people can assist ; for instance , in the area of kidney transplantation , well -meaning Nigerians can also come on board.
“ There are many people who require this kind of service but are unable to pay for it, ’’ he said .
Also speaking , the Head, Department of Anesthesia and ICU , LASUTH , Dr Adetinu Majekodunmi , said there was still the need to upgrade the facilities at the hospital ’ s ICU .
“ Some of our equipment need to be upgraded and some structural changes made ; the ventilators and monitors need to be upgraded and we need additional beds in the Critical Care Unit .
“ The way forward is making sure that the equipment donated are serviced and maintained and other essential things needed to be put in the unit are provided for , ’’ she said .
In his remarks , the Chairman , Health Service Commission, Dr Bayo Aderiye , said that government was addressing the area of human capacity as it was currently recruiting health personnel .
“ The idea is to make sure all the hospitals have enough personnel so that the problem of shortage will be solved once and for all ; it is a continuous exercise .
“ Employing more personnel will help a lot in discipline ; when workers are stressed or over worked , there is this human tendency to do some things they ought not to do, “ he said . ( NAN)
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