Dr Joshua Ndom-Giyan, the out-gone Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, says he executed and inaugurated 15 “huge capital projects’’ at the facility to improve effective and quality healthcare delivery to Nigerians.
Ndom-Giyan made this known during a thanks giving service at the Church of Christ in Nation, Nyanya, Nsarawa State, on Sunday after eight years of meritorious service.
The medical consultant explained that the thanks giving service was organised to appreciate God for guiding and protecting him, his family and management staff during his tenure.
Ndom Giyan, who during his testimonies said that despite protests, overflow of petitions, assassination attempt, threat to his life and attacks on his supporters, God saved them, hence the need for the thanks giving.
The outgone medical director said that the projects executed by his administration at the centre would remain indelible in the annals of healthcare delivery in Nigeria, adding that he left a good legacy in which others would emulate.
He said: “My helpers and some of my management staff members were not spared in the torment. My personal assistant was attacked by a group of gunmen with machine guns but God’s divine mercy, he escaped the attack. Sadly, however, a policeman was killed in the process.
“We, the Giyans, have experienced many divine intervention that we can’t stop talking about, for that would amount to taking God’s love, favour, grace and mercy for granted.
“Below are therefore only summaries of some God’s intervention in our lives during those eventful eight years of divine favour. Through all these we have learnt to trust in and depend on Jesus all the more, Indeed Psalm 23 and 91 have come alive in our lives.
“Twist of events culminating in my appointment as medical director, protesters from town carried placards on two occasions and posted protest bills on several occasions stating several reasons why I should not be the MD FMC, Keffi; overflow of petitions.
“Assassination attempts – It dawned on me that they meant business when assassins were sent to my residence, the policeman on duty was shot but God saved his life. God miraculously saved me and my family despite doors being opened.
“Threats to life- Threats through calls and text messages continued to pour in necessitating our relocation from our personal house to a rented apartment in a new location. Fire inferno in our residence and there is attack on our health, among others.
Ndom-Giyan thanked God for his life and for a peaceful hand-over, adding that there is unprecedented transformation at the centre amidst distraction which had direct bearing on the lives of Nigerians.
He also thanked the Federal Government for appointing him twice as the medical director of the centre, reiterating that Nigeria is still a country of opportunities even for the minorities and down-trodden.
Earlier, Rev. Chrysantus Bala of COCIN Church, Garki, Abuja, during his sermon urged Christians and other Nigerians to always thank God no matter their situation.
Bala, who took his reading from Psalm 100 with the theme “Enter His gates with thanks giving”, admonished Nigerians to continue to give thanks, praise and depend on God for more blessings and favour.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the event was attended by health experts, traditional rulers and religious leaders, among others.
NAN recalls that some of the capital projects initiated and inaugurated under the Ndom-Giyan tenure between April 2010 and March 2018 at the centre included building of the Accident and Emergency Unit, Family Medicine Complex, Pharmacy Complex, Intensive Care Unit, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Complex and Sickle Cell Disease Zonal Centre.
He also introduced the Central Information Technology and Telemedicine, NHIS Unit and C-T Scan services at the centre.
Electronic Medical Records, 200 KVA solar power; new Administrative Complex, Isolation Unit and Electronic Personnel Record, among others, were also executed by him.
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