A Nigerian man has expressed outrage after witnessing staff at a hospital delay attending to emergency patients to conduct morning devotion, followed by the sale of religious books.

In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), he revealed that the hospital prioritized their morning prayer session, leaving emergency patients unattended for a significant period.

Adding to the shocking account, he disclosed that after the devotion, hospital staff proceeded to sell religious books to the waiting patients.

The post was accompanied by a caption that read: “This hospital kept emergency patients waiting until the end of their morning devotion. After morning devotion, they sell church books.”

As the post circulated online, many concerned individuals took to the comments section to share their thoughts and reactions.

See some reactions below: 

@maureen_omeni: “If it’s the hospital’s policy to commit their activities in God’s hand first, it’s not a bad policy. What the patient want is cure, God Is the ultimate healer. I will prefer to relax in this place than to rush where they will leave big towel in my stomach after major surgery.”

@precosor: “I won’t name the company, but I recall sometime in 2015 I worked for this pharmaceutical company in Lagos and the MD made employees assemble to pray and praise God before resuming work for the day.”

@Danielbeloved28: “This is so wrong 😑 What if a patient died? And Christ Jesus said, “The sabbath was made for man’s sake; not man for the sabbath for the son of man is Lord over the sabbath!”

@GabrielNaija: “There’s a reason why that unit of the hospital is called “Emergency”. Emergency units are designed to function 24/7. If the regulatory agencies are doing their jobs then this hospital should not have a license. And by the way I am a Christian.”

@RitzyMoi: “This is so wrong. There is time for everything for Christ’s sake. You can be holding your devotion while emergency cases are attended to if you must hold it as a corporate entity. This is wrong! The Bible calls us to be diligent in our duties. They r called to save lives!!!”

@manah__mathew: “Îf you come to Nigeria hospitals recently,you will weep for us as a people You can’t differentiate between government and private hospital ín terms of this morning devotion. Private hospital will charge you 10k to see a pediatric but at end of the day,na general doctor you gosee.”

WATCH VIDEO:

This hospital kept emergency patients waiting until the end of their morning devotion.

After morning devotion they sell church books pic.twitter.com/TJ5LjQUnOb

— Harry 🎯🎯🎯 (@chiditweets042) December 30, 2024