{"id":14195,"date":"2017-03-07T14:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14195"},"modified":"2017-05-25T14:46:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T13:46:49","slug":"oni-okpaku-dr-benjamin-aigobasimi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oni-okpaku-dr-benjamin-aigobasimi\/","title":{"rendered":"ONI-OKPAKU, (Dr) Benjamin Aigobasimi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical practitioner, Medical Director, Benoni Clinic and Chairman\/Managing Director Benoni Hospital (Nig) Limited, Benin, Bendel State; Born: January 25, 1932 at Eme-Ora in Owan Local Government area, Bendel State; Education: C.M.S. School, Lagos, 1939- 42, St. John&#8217;s School, Sabongida- Ora, 1942-44 and Christ Church Cathedral School, Lagos, 1944-45, King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1946-51; University of Birmingham Medical School, England, 1952-58; appointed senior registrar (surgery), Lagos University Teaching Hospital, 1963-44; medical officer, Sapele General Hospital, 1964, Warri General Hospital, 1964-65, acting specialist surgeon, Warri, 1965-68 and specialist surgeon 1968-69; worked at Benin General Hospital in this capacity, 1969-70 and transferred to Benin Specialist Hospital as senior specialist surgeon, 1970-72, promoted chief consultant surgeon, 1972 becoming medical director of the hospital in 1975 established the Benoni Hospi WHO 135 1948-50; appointed medical officer. Ministry of Health, former Eastern Nigeria, 1960-62; resident medical officer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963-66; founded own hospital later in 1966; president, Akanu Ibiam National Ambulance; member Aba Urban Schools Board; publications include &#8220;High Blood Pressure&#8221; (Hypertension, 1962), &#8220;Sterility in Man and Woman&#8221; (1963), &#8220;Problems of Appendicitis&#8221; (1964) and &#8220;Veneral Diseases&#8221; (1965); Married, is father of three daughters and three sons; Address (Home): 138, Diobu Avenue, G.R.A. Aba, Telephone: 402, (Office): 65, Ngwa Road, Aba, Imo State, Telephone: 402; Hobby: Photography, music, sports, gardening and collect ing works of art. ONI-OKPAKU, (Dr) Benjamin Aigobasimi, medical practitioner, Medical Director, Benoni Clinic and Chairman\/Managing Director Benoni Hospital (Nig) Limited, Benin, Bendel State; Born: January 25, 1932 at Eme-Ora in Owan Local Government area, Bendel State; Educa tion: C.M.S. School, Lagos, 1939- 42, St. John&#8217;s School, Sabongida- Ora, 1942-44 and Christ Church Cathedral School, Lagos, 1944-45, King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1946-51; Uni versity of Birmingham Medical School, England, 1952-58; appointed senior registrar (surgery), Lagos University Teaching Hospital, 1963-44; medical officer, Sapele General Hospital, 1964, Warri General Hospital, 1964-65, acting specialist surgeon, Warri, 1965-68 and specialist surgeon 1968-69; worked at Benin General Hospital in this capacity, 1969-70 and transferred to Benin Specialist Hospital as senior specialist surgeon, 1970-72, promoted chief consultant surgeon, 1972 becoming medical director of the hospital in 1975 established the Benoni Hospital later in 1975, is a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP); member. Royal College of Surgeons, England (MRCS); fellow. Royal College of Surgeons, Scotland (FRCS) fellow, Association of Surgeons of West Africa and fellow in surgery, Nigerian Medical Council; Married and has four children; Address: Benoni Clinic, Oni-Okpaku Villa, Plot E13, Boun dary Road, G.R.A. P.M.B. 1180, Benin City, Bendel State; Telephone: 906; Hobby: golf and table tennis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14195","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14195"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}