Rotary Club of Gbagada led by the Club’s President, Olubunmi Oguntade in partnership with the Lagos State Government visited the General Hospital Gbagada, Lagos State, to celebrate Christmas with the in-patients.
The visit was in line with the annual visit of the club to the hospital.
Following the club’s visitation to the hospital drugs and other medical supplies were distributed to the patient’s to extend the hand of fellowship and love.
While going from one ward to another, it was a remarkable day as the Rotary Club of Gbagada donated the sum of (100,000) Naira to the mother of twin baby boys born on the morning of 25 December,2023, to support the hospital bill while others battling with different ailments received gifts items.
The Theme for year 2023 is HOPE.
Olubunmi Oguntade, President Rotary Club of Gbagada, 2023/2024 while speaking to the media expressed excitement that the club was able to put smile on those in pain. “I feel excited, I felt loved, I am happy we can put smiles on people’s faces, I saw a woman, she was crying when we visited her, she was emotional, and you see we have a representative of the Lagos State Governor, and by the time they were told that the representative of the governor is here, you could see them smile. Rotary is out to increase our joy not only in Rotary but actually in the world.”
She also spoke on the choice of the General Hospital, “Rotary Club of Gbagada actually adopted Gbagada General Hospital for our Annual Christmas Visit. I joined Rotary Club of Gbagada 1996/97 and this is the custom I met, so it is way back. Every 25th of December we come here, we present gifts, because December is known for disease prevention and treatment, so we normally come in with little gifts to give the in-patients. While others are in the church, some at home cooking and eating the patients are here lonely. So we come to bring joy to them, to tell them Rotary cares and we love them.”
On how much was budgeted for the event, she responded that it was difficult to quantify monetarily what they are doing. “In Rotary what we do is little kobo from each person, some donated tissues, some detergents, some monetise it.”
So you can’t quantify love, I can’t really tell you this is the exact amount because even the time you are using,