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Magaya warns on ARVs
21 Aug 2015 at 07:49hrs | Views
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader Walter Magaya has warned people against defaulting on medication after receiving "spiritual healing", saying this could cause health complications.
Speaking at the handover of R1,2 million for various water and sanitation projects at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Magaya said spiritual healing was real but needed to be corroborated by a medical report.
"We have attended to many people who would have been diagnosed of various ailments but before we put them through our formal prayer lines, we always demand a medical history from the hospital and also after praying for them, we always refer them back to the medical doctor to be tested so that we can have a complete testimony," Magaya said.
"Healing is real, but we also need proof of it from a medical doctor. We pray for even those that are HIV-positive and they do get healed.
"But, I will never tell anyone to stop taking their medication until the doctor who prescribed the medication instructs them to stop taking them."
He added: "I always say it is not me who gave you the medication in the first place, so I don't have the right to tell you to stop taking the pills."
Some of the patients, especially those on anti-retrovirals (ARVs), have been severely affected and developed drug resistance after refraining from taking their medication.
Speaking at the handover of R1,2 million for various water and sanitation projects at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Magaya said spiritual healing was real but needed to be corroborated by a medical report.
"We have attended to many people who would have been diagnosed of various ailments but before we put them through our formal prayer lines, we always demand a medical history from the hospital and also after praying for them, we always refer them back to the medical doctor to be tested so that we can have a complete testimony," Magaya said.
"But, I will never tell anyone to stop taking their medication until the doctor who prescribed the medication instructs them to stop taking them."
He added: "I always say it is not me who gave you the medication in the first place, so I don't have the right to tell you to stop taking the pills."
Some of the patients, especially those on anti-retrovirals (ARVs), have been severely affected and developed drug resistance after refraining from taking their medication.
Source - NewsDay
