The Psychiatric Hospital and Elderly People’s Home built in Aguleri, Anambra State, by the Founder of Seraphic Homes Foundation (SHF), Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi, has started operations, with rescue and admission of two patients.
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Psychiatric Hospital and Elderly People’s Home built in Aguleri, Anambra State, by the Founder of Seraphic Homes Foundation (SHF), Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi, has started operations, with rescue and admission of two patients.
This was disclosed by Evangelist Ebuka Obi, who is also the Spiritual Director of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, during an interaction with journalists in his Lagos office, on Saturday,
The two patients – a man and a woman – have already been admitted to the hospital after being rescued from the streets Of Anambra by the Rescue team set up by the Seraphic foundation. The male patient was picked up from Nteje community while the woman was rescued from the streets of Onitsha Main Market where she used to roam about.
“The two were immediately assessed by psychiatric doctors and other health professionals who started treatment thereafter. They are now being looked after and provided with all the care they need completely free of charge,” Ebuka stated, adding that the rescue team would bring in more mentally challenged people in the days ahead.
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The Psychiatrist hospital which was built at Aguleri Anambra State, at a cost of over N1.6 billion was commissioned on September 19 by the governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo. It is designed to provide free psychiatric care to individuals battling mental illnesses. The facility offers comprehensive care including diagnosis, treatment, medication, rehabilitation, accommodation, and welfare to patients all at no cost to them or their families.
Ebuka stressed that the philosophy behind the construction of the hospital is the determination of his Foundation “to create a society where the mentally challenged are no longer abandoned on the streets, but embraced, treated, rehabilitated and empowered to live meaningful lives after being reintegrated back to society”.
The Aguleri hospital is not the first of such noble initiative by the Foundation. Seraphic Homes Foundation had in April this year opened the first ever Old People’s Home and Orphanage in Mgbirichi, Imo State. It was commissioned by Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. The state-of-the-art facility provides a safe and nurturing environment for orphans and elderly individuals, offering them a sense of belonging and care. “It is currently in operation and providing shelter, food, clothing, education, and healthcare for abandoned children, and ensuring that the elderly who have no one to take care of them are offered shelter and all the support they need in their old age”, the Evangelist added.
He explained that he established the foundation with the objective of touching and impacting lives positively and promoting the welfare of others, a passion he had always nursed from childhood upon being called by God early in life.
He stated that the foundation’s mission is to provide tangible help to those in need by addressing financial struggles and offering educational opportunities. “We run a whole range of programmes which support disadvantaged and impoverished families by providing scholarships for scores of children up to university level some of which have graduated as well as funding for patients who are unable to afford life-sustaining treatment and pay hospital bills for various health challenges”, he explained.
Evangelist Ebuka emphasized the importance of collective efforts to create a better world, encouraging individuals, businesses, and organizations to join the cause by donating, volunteering, or spreading the word.
He also disclosed plans to replicate the projects in all the states of the federation. “To serve humanity with all I have is my calling and this is what I am going to do for the rest of my life,” he declared.
