{"id":8912,"date":"2017-01-26T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8912"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:45:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:45:51","slug":"emuchay-dr-dick-waobianyi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/emuchay-dr-dick-waobianyi\/","title":{"rendered":"EMUCHAY, Dr. Dick Waobianyi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>born August 5, 1919 in Azu mini Town, via Aba; Schools attended King&#8217;s College, Lagos (1936-37) Higher College in Yaba 1938-42 University of St. Andrew&#8217;s, Fife, U.K. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Qualifications: MB and ChB 1949; F.I.B.A. (Cantab), F.M.C.G.P. (Nig), Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Married with children; Appointments Held: Pro-Chancel lor and Chairman, Governing Council Imo State University; General Medical Practitioner in Lancashire 1949; Licen tiate of. the Royal Faculty of Physi cians and surgeons in Glasgow; House surgeon at the Leigli Infirmary; Senior House Surgeon There in 1951; and Gynaecological House Surgeon in 1952; Medical Officer in charge of Rural Areas in Aba 1955-1958; Medi cal Officer i\/c. General Hospital in Degema 1959, Medical Officer i\/c. Maternity Hospital in Aba 1961; Pro prietor and Medical Superintendent of the Cottage Hospital, Azumini; Chair man, Public Service Commission, East Central State 1972-76; He continued in that capacity to serve the Commis sion covering Imo State up to 1981 when he was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman. Governing Council of Imo State University; Publications: Article on Tetanus&#8217; published in the &#8220;East Nigeria Medical Bulletin&#8221; in 1967; Hobbies: Swimming, chess and travel and his intellectual pursuits include mampower development. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8912","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8912","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8912"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}