{"id":18377,"date":"2017-03-30T12:58:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18377"},"modified":"2017-05-31T13:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:36:37","slug":"uko-chief-dr-okon-akpan","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/uko-chief-dr-okon-akpan\/","title":{"rendered":"UKO, Chief (Dr.) Okon Akpan"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.D, obstetrician, gynaecologist; DOB: December 5, 1942; Hometown: Ikot Essien Nsit; State of Origin: Akwa Ibom; Married: Grace Udosen Ebong, 1975; No of Children: three sons, three daughters; EDUCATION: Methodist Central School, Odot, 1942-52; Methodist Boy&#8217;s High School, Oron, 195357; Rapid Results College, London; School of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 1964-72. cr: St. Margaret&#8217;s Hospital, Calabar, Sole Administrator, Medical Superintendent of the following: Methodist Hospital, Ituk Mbang; Mercy Hospital, Abak, Qua Iboe Church Hospital, Etinan; Visiting Consultant\/Partner, Legion Park Medical Centre, Miami, Florida, USA, since 1981; Chief Consultant, Mainland Hospital, Uyo, since 1978; presd. Nigerian Students Union, Bucharest University, Romania, 1969-72; chairman caretaker committee, defunct Nsit Atai LGA, Nigeria Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State branch, Akwa Ibom State Property Investment Company Limited, 1993-94; presd. Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron, Old Boys&#8217; Association, Uyo branch, since 1988; ch. Akwa Ibom State Hospitals Management Board, since 1995. ah: Award of Excellence in medical practice, Nigerian Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State branch, pp: defunct National Party of Nigeria; member, defunct National Republican Convention, Traditional Title: Ukeme Nsit Atai, 1981; Otuekong Uyo, 1989. Major Exhibition: Hospital Equipment, before establishment of Mainland Clinic Hospital, 1978. hob: swimming, reading, off: Mainland Hospital, P.O. Box 253, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, tel: 085-203721. res: 7, Andy Umana Lane, off Aka Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. tel:085-203721. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18377","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18377","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\/18377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18377"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}