{"id":8372,"date":"2017-01-19T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8372"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:04:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T11:04:31","slug":"oechina-dr-sir-ephraim-okechukwu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oechina-dr-sir-ephraim-okechukwu\/","title":{"rendered":"OECHINA, Dr. (Sir) Ephraim Okechukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MB.B.Ch, FMCP, FNISM; consultant physician, gastroenterologist; b: July 14, 1944; p: Mbieri; so: Imo; m: Caroline Lewechi Ume, 1978; nc: five s;<br \/>\nEducation: Amichi Central School, 1951-56; Abagana Central School, 1957; Onitsha Central School, 1958; Government Secondary School, Afikpo, 1959-65; College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 197075; Residency Training, Postgraduate Medical College, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, 1975-76; Guys Hospital Medical School, London, 1985-86; Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, en Pre-Registration, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, 1975-76; snr. House Officer, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, 1977-78; Registrar, UNTH, Enugu, 197883; snr. Registrar, UNTH, Enugu, 1983-84; in-service training, Guys Hospital Medical School, London, 1985-86; Consultant, Royal Hospital, Enugu, 1987-88; Consultant Physician\/Gastroenterology, Christ The King Hospital, Enugu, since February 1988; f: Medical College of Physicians, 1988; Nigerian Institute of Sales Management, 1997. b: National Certificate of Honours Award by the Head of State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1977; Service Year; Knighthood of the Order of the Good Shepherd, Anglican Communion, Diocese of Enugu, 1996; Distinguished Service Award (DSA) of Nigerian Institute of Sales Management, 1997.<br \/>\nsc: Rotary Club of Enugu South; Rotary Rivers State.International District 9140; Bible Society of Nigeria&#8217;s Men&#8217;s Christian Association; President, Government Secondary School Afikpo, Old Boys&#8217; Association, hob: photography, chess, scrabbles, piggery farming, off: Christ the King Hospital, 23, Igbo-Eze Street, Independence Layout, P.O. Box 9559, Enugu. tel: 042-456586 res: 23, Igbo-Eze Street, Independence Layout, P.O. Box 9559, Enugu. tel: 042-45686. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8372","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8372","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\/8372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8372"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}