Many Nigerians suffer and die early because they lack awareness of their medical conditions. Even when they do, they vehemently reject the truth and refuse to get medical help.
My boss shared the story of how the father of a friend of his, lost his leg due to ignorance and foolishness. According to him, she complained to him that her father's leg kept swelling up for over a long time.
The man also developed foot ulcer. My boss(a Medical Laboratory Scientist), suspected the old man had diabetic foot ulcer and encouraged the family to go to hospital and seek medical help.
Instead of heeding to his professional advice, the family concluded their father had been inflicted with a disease (called achi eri in Igbo..pardon my spelling please) by wicked kinsmen so they resorted to prayer houses for nearly a year. During that period, the ulcer kept spreading until the entire foot became infected and now had an unbearable stench, it was at this point that they decided to seek medical help. The stench was so bad that the hospital almost refused giving the old man a bed for fear of pollution of the environment and other patients.
When the man's fasting blood sugar was checked, it was more than 580mg/dl. He was actually and seriously diabetic and that was the reason for the foot ulcer. Ignorance pushed the family to prayer houses instead of the hospital. Think about how much the spiritualist must have extracted from the ignorant family.
Within 18 hours of his admission into the hospital, from his foot up to his shin was amputated. That was the only solution.
If my boss' friend had heeded to his advice and sought for medical help, who knows? The leg might just have been saved.
I know of a young lady who died few days after the family had announced to the world and thrown a huge feast to celebrate their daughter's healing from a Chronic Renal (kidney) disease by a prophet. This family took the poor young lady from the hospital where she was receiving treatment and left her for months at the mercy of a 'healer' who knew nothing about the kidneys and how they work. She died.
Other instances abound.
If you know any sick person currently dwelling and believing in the healing from prayer houses, do tell him/her to wake up and go see a doctor.
Divine healing exists and I believe in it a lot but I reject the idea of putting a sick person through series of fasting and praying with intermittent whippings all in the name of spiritual healing.
What you should pray for is that God hastens and perfects your healing or that He does a miracle but all this should be after you have sought medical treatment.
I have seen God perform unbelievable miracles. He has not stopped.
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