A nurse anesthetist is an advanced practice nurse who administers anesthesia for surgery or other medical procedures. Nurse anesthetists (NA's) administer or participate in administration of anesthesia services in 107 countries,working with or without anesthesiologists. Because of different historical backgrounds,anesthetist responsibilities and roles vary widely between countries. Depending on the locality,their role may be limited to intraoperative care during anesthesia itself or may also extend before and after. The International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists was established in 1989 as a forum for developing standards of education,practice,and a code of ethics.
The Association of Anaesthetists,in full the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI),is a professional association for anaesthetists in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
In the United Kingdom,operating department practitioners (ODPs) are allied healthcare professionals who are involved in the planning and delivery of perioperative care. As the name suggests,they are primarily employed in surgical operating departments,but they may also work directly within a variety of acute clinical settings,including pre-hospital emergency care,emergency departments,intensive care units (ICUs),endoscopy suites,interventional radiology,cardiac catheter suites,obstetric theatres and reproductive medicine.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a Nigerian politician,who served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the governing All Progressive Congress (APC). He had previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State,from 2007 to 2015 and earlier,as speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. On 9 April 2022,Amaechi declared interest to contest in the presidential election in 2023. He polled second position in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind eventual president Bola Tinubu with 316 delegate votes against Tinubu's 1271 votes.
Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic is a Polytechnic funded by the Government of Rivers State,located in Port Harcourt,Rivers State,Nigeria.
Rivers State University Teaching Hospital formerly known as Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital is a government owned hospital,named after Eldred Curwen Braithwaite,a British doctor and a pioneer of surgery. It is located in Old GRA,Rivers State a neighbourhood of Port Harcourt and is operated by Rivers State Hospital Management Board. It was established in March 1925 as Braithwaite Memorial Hospital and originally served as a medical facility for senior civil servants. It later became a General Hospital and has since gained status as a "Specialist Health Institution". In 2018,it was renamed to serve as a Teaching Hospital for the state owned university following the establishment of college of medical sciences.
The Rivers State Ministry of Health is a ministry of the Government of Rivers State that facilitates the provision of health services to residents and visitors in Rivers State,Nigeria. Its current headquarters is on the 2nd Floor of State Secretariat Complex,Port Harcourt.
Ipalibo Gogo Banigo in Obuama,Degema,Rivers State. She is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who is the current senator representing Rivers West Senatorial District since 2023. She served as the first female deputy governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023.
Ayibatonye Owei was the former Commissioner of Health,Bayelsa State.
The following is a timeline of the governorship of Ezenwo Nyesom Wike,also known as the Wike administration,from his inauguration as Governor of Rivers State on 29 May 2015 to 29 May 2023.
The First Wike Executive Council was the Executive Council of Rivers State between 5 June 2015 and 24 June 2017. It was led by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike with Ipalibo Banigo as Vice-Chairman. The first set of appointments to the cabinet were made on 5 June 2015. The designees included Kenneth Kobani,Chukwuemeka Woke,Emmanuel C. Aguma,Fred Kpakol,Onimim Jacks,Emmanuel Okah and Opunabo Inko-Tariah. Governor Wike appointed Desmond Akawor,Ambassador to South Korea,to serve as Administrator of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority.
Tonye Briggs-Oniyide is the current Rivers State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism. She was appointed in 2015 by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike,replacing Nnabuihe Imegwu.
Gordon Jackson Rees was a British anesthesiologist,recognized as a pioneer in pediatric anesthesia.
Aileen Kirkpatrick Adams is a British retired consultant anaesthetist. She turned 100 in September 2023.
Chukwuemeka Anyasodike Onowu (born 24 December 1984) is the current Rivers State Commissioner of Special Duties. He is also the National Leader of the Non Indigenes Without Borders in Rivers State.
Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who served as the minister of Health from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as the minister of state for Health from November 2015 to May 2019.
Adaeze Chidinma Oreh Commissioner of Health Rivers State is a Nigerian Family physician,Public health specialist and Universal health care advocate who is currently a Senior Medical Officer at the Department of Hospital Services in Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health. She is a 2019 Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow.
Henry Arinze Anthony Ugboma is a Nigerian Professor of Maternal-fetal medicine and the present Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital,Rivers State.
Chandra Mohan Kumar is an ophthalmic anaesthetist. In 2010,he was named Britain's Top Doctor under the anesthesia category by The Times newspaper. He has done work on fasting guidelines,ophthalmic anaesthesia,elderly anaesthesia,local anaesthesia,endocrine anaesthesia,oral anesthesia,airway management.
Basil Chukwuemeka Ezeanolue is a Nigerian professor of Otolaryngology. He was a member of senate and he is a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria,fellow of the West African College of Surgeons in the Faculty of Otorhinolaryngology,and Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Basil Ezeanolue was,at several times,the Head of Department of Otolaryngology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences,University of Nigeria,Ituku Ozalla,Enugu,and Dean,Faculty of Medical Sciences,University of Nigeria. Basil Ezeanolue was the Secretary and later President of the Otorhinolaryngological Society of Nigeria. He delivered the 82nd Inaugural Lecture of the University of Nigeria,at Enugu Nigeria,entitled,"Hear the Voice" on 17 July 2014. It was also the first inaugural lecture coming from the Department of Otolaryngology of the University of Nigeria. Ezeanolue also delivered the 6th Valedictory Lecture of the University of Nigeria entitled,"Challenges of balancing work with life,Geriatric Otorhinolaryngology and living post-work life of retirement - A discourse of the experiences and the lessons learnt from the Nigeria University System and Health Services Sectors perspectives of an Academic Clinical Otorhinolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon" on 10 November 2023. He is the Founder and Surgeon-in-Chief of Balsam Clinics,Enugu,Nigeria. He was also a member of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Governing Board,Awka,,Anambra State. On 20 September 2018,he delivered the 36th Convocation Lecture of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria,entitled,"Do Not Be Afraid And Do Not Fail To Rescue –a discourse on the challenges confronting Nigeria Health Sector" at Ijanikin,Lagos. Basil Ezeanolue's publications have been cited 440 times according to the AD Scientific index ranking. and 443 times according to the google scholar index.
