600 Benefit As RCCG Holds Free Medical Outreach In Lagos Community
THE Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), The Calvary Area Headquarters, Province 89, Oshodi, Lagos recently held a medical outreach for residents of the community as part of activities to mark its 25th anniversary.
No fewer than 600 adults and children benefitted from the activity that featured free consultations, blood pressure check, blood sugar screening, eye test, among others.
Mr Jeffrey Aganbi, Pastor-In-Charge of the Area, said the outreach has been on for over 10 years to improve the well-being of people in the area. The pastor said the Church executed a borehole to ease the burden within the community.
The Medical Director, MacTayo Hospital, Dr Chijindu David, identified ignorance as the major contributing factor to health conditions as many people with high blood pressure were not even aware that they have the condition.
The Programme Coordinator, Chike Okoli Foundation, Ms Obiageli Adimachukwu, identified stress as a major factor causing the cardiovascular/heart conditions of most Nigerians.
An elder in the church, Mr Godwin Ohadugha, lauded the church for the outreach, saying it was one of the numerous humanitarian gestures of the church to the community.
Ohadugha said that the church had organised a series of empowerment programmmes and seminars for the youths of the community and members of the church.
