Nija girl who became doc at 21

[agensheku]

How I became a doctor at 21 -Ola Orekunrin
May 27, 2012 by Nkarenyi Ukonu

So much has happened in her life that you would not believe she is just 26 years old. Hers is synonymous with innovation, success and excellence.

It started with a resignation from a high-flying job in England, and relocation to Nigeria. So determined to make a difference in medical practice, Dr Ola Orekunrin decided to set up, The flying doctors, the first air ambulance service in West Africa.

Her journey to setting up such a capital intensive and delicate business was prompted by a death—her younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia.

"She was always in and out of hospitals but eventually died for lack of the availability of air ambulance. This more or less propelled my interest in medicine because I really wanted to make a difference in the same way doctors had done to her. Setting up the company was a direct result of my fascination for helicopters, trauma medicine, motor accident kinematics and pre-hospital medicine. I knew it was something that I had the skills and experience to do," she reminisces.

The flying doctors eventually came to fruition about two years ago and it basically provides critical care transportation solutions to both the private and public sector by selling yearly air ambulance cover plans to states, companies and individuals.

She says of the company, "The first time an air ambulance service was suggested for Nigeria was in 1960 and nothing was done about that idea. Having studied the models in Kenya, Libya, Uganda and India, coupled with my growing passion to help improve the health care system in Nigeria, which I believe is poor, I became even more determined to bring a similar service to Nigeria.

"We are completely physician-led and adhere to the highest standards of medical practice supported by the East Anglian Air Ambulance in the United Kingdom. Our mission is simple— to provide the best possible standard of health care to all."

Wondering if the low income earners would benefit from such high end service? She says, "What I do hope is that more states will take up cover as well as making it increasingly available to the common man. I know that as Nigeria starts to take health care reform more seriously, this will begin to happen."

But the road to achieving the appreciable level of success was anything but smooth. Ekiti State-born Orekunri recalls:

"I quit my job, said goodbye to my political aspirations for the position of the president of the British Medical Association and minister for the conservative party, I sold my car and my house, and bought my one way ticket to Lagos. I was rejected more times than I can remember.

"Sometimes I would spend hours waiting in an office only to be told to come back the next day and then be turned down.

"One time, on my way to Ondo State, I was robbed of all I had and was told by my companion, who was travelling with me, not to speak or else my accent would give me away and be the basis for my kidnap. Even in the face of difficultly, I was able to get some funding in addition to what I had saved up.

"In all of these, I was able to learn a great lesson— when you need something, people tend to avoid you but when you don't need anything and seem to be making profit, they tend to become your best friend. The attitude towards me has changed immensely."

She attributes her can-do and never-die-spirit to her love for her country.

She says, "I really do love Africa and Nigeria in particular because it is my identity. I have since realised that the earlier I re-integrate myself back to my roots, the better for me. I grew up in all-white environment and went to an all-white university. To be honest, until I moved back to Lagos, I never ever thought that Nigerians were capable of doing or achieving anything on their own."

Born and raised in England, Orekunrin recalls: "I grew up in a seaside town called Lowestoft in the east of rural England, a completely white community. I went to a primary school run by Catholic nuns and was raised by foster white parents. We didn't have much money even though it was a working class family and we sometimes struggled to make ends meet. Against all odds, I passed my A-Levels with flying colours, started my degree at the University of York at 15. I supported myself all through, working. I wrote my final medical examinations at 21, thus emerging the youngest medical doctor in England."

She admits that her foster mother, Doreen, has significantly shaped her life.

"She's a great, spiritual wise woman, who taught me so many valuable skills. I still think over some of the things that she told me when I was a child. They are all finally beginning to make sense to me now."

She was one of the many recipients at the 2012 Thisday award. This is one of other numerous awards she has received for her work in research and clinical evidence.

"I used to think people who win these kinds of awards were politicians or people with the right pedigree so it came as a shock to me. I feel really humbled and overwhelmed and it will simply propel me to do more."

She is afraid to experiment with colours and considers her style to be, "very casual, fresh and classy. I wear things that I think are reasonably stylish. I am not one to experiment with colours," she says.

SOURCE: www.punchng.com

[HolyPagan]

How I became a doctor at 21 -Ola Orekunrin
May 27, 2012 by Nkarenyi Ukonu


How I became a doctor at 21 -Ola Orekunrin
May 27, 2012 by Nkarenyi Ukonu



So much has happened in her life that you would not believe she is just 26 years old. Hers is synonymous with innovation, success and excellence.

It started with a resignation from a high-flying job in England, and relocation to Nigeria. So determined to make a difference in medical practice, Dr Ola Orekunrin decided to set up, The flying doctors, the first air ambulance service in West Africa.

Her journey to setting up such a capital intensive and delicate business was prompted by a death—her younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia.

"She was always in and out of hospitals but eventually died for lack of the availability of air ambulance. This more or less propelled my interest in medicine because I really wanted to make a difference in the same way doctors had done to her. Setting up the company was a direct result of my fascination for helicopters, trauma medicine, motor accident kinematics and pre-hospital medicine. I knew it was something that I had the skills and experience to do," she reminisces.

The flying doctors eventually came to fruition about two years ago and it basically provides critical care transportation solutions to both the private and public sector by selling yearly air ambulance cover plans to states, companies and individuals.

She says of the company, "The first time an air ambulance service was suggested for Nigeria was in 1960 and nothing was done about that idea. Having studied the models in Kenya, Libya, Uganda and India, coupled with my growing passion to help improve the health care system in Nigeria, which I believe is poor, I became even more determined to bring a similar service to Nigeria.

"We are completely physician-led and adhere to the highest standards of medical practice supported by the East Anglian Air Ambulance in the United Kingdom. Our mission is simple— to provide the best possible standard of health care to all."

Wondering if the low income earners would benefit from such high end service? She says, "What I do hope is that more states will take up cover as well as making it increasingly available to the common man. I know that as Nigeria starts to take health care reform more seriously, this will begin to happen."

But the road to achieving the appreciable level of success was anything but smooth. Ekiti State-born Orekunri recalls:

"I quit my job, said goodbye to my political aspirations for the position of the president of the British Medical Association and minister for the conservative party, I sold my car and my house, and bought my one way ticket to Lagos. I was rejected more times than I can remember.

"Sometimes I would spend hours waiting in an office only to be told to come back the next day and then be turned down.

"One time, on my way to Ondo State, I was robbed of all I had and was told by my companion, who was travelling with me, not to speak or else my accent would give me away and be the basis for my kidnap. Even in the face of difficultly, I was able to get some funding in addition to what I had saved up.

"In all of these, I was able to learn a great lesson— when you need something, people tend to avoid you but when you don't need anything and seem to be making profit, they tend to become your best friend. The attitude towards me has changed immensely."

She attributes her can-do and never-die-spirit to her love for her country.

She says, "I really do love Africa and Nigeria in particular because it is my identity. I have since realised that the earlier I re-integrate myself back to my roots, the better for me. I grew up in all-white environment and went to an all-white university. To be honest, until I moved back to Lagos, I never ever thought that Nigerians were capable of doing or achieving anything on their own."

Born and raised in England, Orekunrin recalls: "I grew up in a seaside town called Lowestoft in the east of rural England, a completely white community. I went to a primary school run by Catholic nuns and was raised by foster white parents. We didn't have much money even though it was a working class family and we sometimes struggled to make ends meet. Against all odds, I passed my A-Levels with flying colours, started my degree at the University of York at 15. I supported myself all through, working. I wrote my final medical examinations at 21, thus emerging the youngest medical doctor in England."

She admits that her foster mother, Doreen, has significantly shaped her life.

"She's a great, spiritual wise woman, who taught me so many valuable skills. I still think over some of the things that she told me when I was a child. They are all finally beginning to make sense to me now."

She was one of the many recipients at the 2012 Thisday award. This is one of other numerous awards she has received for her work in research and clinical evidence.

"I used to think people who win these kinds of awards were politicians or people with the right pedigree so it came as a shock to me. I feel really humbled and overwhelmed and it will simply propel me to do more."

She is afraid to experiment with colours and considers her style to be, "very casual, fresh and classy. I wear things that I think are reasonably stylish. I am not one to experiment with colours," she says.
SOURCE: www.punchng.com

If within 5yrs of graduating she has achieved all this, she is quite driven. Well done to her
I hope she knew she could not head the BMA, become a Minister etc after just a couple of years after graduating.

She should have been a used car sales person not a dokinta....like the kids say, she is 'over-exaggerating'
This was from her bio when she was still only 23yrs old, and had clocked up 10yrs service on the NHS, Sat on numerous boards of the BMA kpa kpa

Source
Dr Ola Orekunrin is the Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa's first Air Ambulance Service. She graduated from the University Of York, one of the youngest doctor's in the UK and has worked in the NHS for nearly ten years . She has a specialist interest in trauma and pre-hospital care, buttressed by her private work at motor-racing circuits across the country. She has published her own book along with several articles in high-profile medical journals and has sat on various influential boards at the British Medical Association. In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship and produced ground-breaking research in the field of regenerative medicine through her work with induced pluripotent stem cells. She also is a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Surgeons and holds their board certification.

[emj]

Here's a 2010 interview when she was 24yrs old.....

Dr. Ola Orekunrin 24yr Old Flying Doctor, LadybrilleNigeria Personality of the MonthLadybrille®Nigeria |


There is an ongoing revolution to change the status quo in Nigeria. The Enough is Enough campaign and the responses by Nigerian youths, fashion and entertainment industries to the Jos Crisis, are examples of these. All of these social and political happenings affects us all. At LadybrilleNigeria we are particulalry interested and committed to highlighting, celebrating and exalting Nigerians who are part of the solution and sacrifice so much for us. One such person is twenty four (24) year old Dr. Ola Orekunrin, our LadybrilleNigeria personality of the Month and founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa's first Air Ambulance Service.

Dr. Ola an exemplary product of England's Foster care system, was raised in a working class home by foster care parents where she quickly learned the value of hard and smart work. Dr. Ola later applied these skills learnt in her childhood to put herself through school with jobs in retail, modeling and administration. Undeterred by the challenges (financial included) that seemingly blocked her path, Dr. Ola graduated medical school at age twenty one (21), becoming the youngest doctor to graduate in the entire country. With such impressive credentials and brilliance, you would think she would settle for working at England's prestigious acute care facilities/hospitals.
She had a different agenda.Influenced by the feature film Hotel Rwanda and the death of her twelve (12) year old sister, Dr. Ola, for 9 months, saved half of her salary, networked and read all she could on what it took to run a successful medical business. In 2009, armed with knowledge, the finance and handson experience, she added to Nigeria's "brain gain" by booking her ticket to a country she had never even visited to execute her plan.

We should mention that, in her short twenty-four years on earth, the very ambitious doctor has authored numeorus articles in leading medical journals, sat on various influential boards at the British Medical Association, produced ground-breaking research in the field of regenerative medicine through her work with induced pluripotent stem cells; and in 2008 was awarded the prestigious MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship.

Dr. Ola truly captures the essence of a brilliant woman (Ladybrille) and serves as an inspiration to all and we are honored to have her as our LadybrilleNigeria Personality of the Month.
We caught up with the very busy doctor for a very straight to the point interview, given her time, to see how our fashion professionals and industry can be a part of the solution.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Dr. Ola, thank you for the interview. Why Flying Doctors Nigeria?

Dr. Ola: After the death of my twelve(12) year old sister due to the lack of critical care transport facilities in Nigeria, it seemed like a very natural way to combine my experience working with air ambulances all over the world with my clinical and avaition skills.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Share with us, very briefly, the background of the folks that make up the Flying Doctors Nigeria team?

Dr. Ola: There are management, clinical and administrative staff, along with the board of directors. Each member of our team is skilled in a particular aspect of the company. I owe all of our success to their hard work.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Share a bit more about your personal background?

Dr. Ola: I grew up in a tiny fishing town called Lowestoft in the East of England. I had a very working class background and got my first job at 15. I spent 5 years in medical school in York.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Where did you complete your residency and in what specialty area(s)?

Dr. Ola: In the UK, it's called foundation training and I did mine in the West Midlands developing a special interest in pre-hospital care and trauma.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Are you in private practice or do you work for a hospital/clinic?

Dr. Ola: Both. I do cosmetic medicine in Abuja, but my main work is here in Lagos running the AA and working in the hospital.

LADYBRILLENigeria: For us to truly appreciate what Flying Doctors Nigeria does, paint for us the current problems with healthcare in Nigeria?

Dr. Ola: I'd like to start by introducing you to a concept called the golden hour which is the hour immediately after a trauma/acute medical emergency has occurred. When a patient reaches hospital within the golden hour, the chances of him/her surviving are drastically increased. The current time of arrival to hospital in Lagos post-trauma is an incredibly poor 3-4 hours. Poor road conditions, the tiny number of hospitals equipped to handle major trauma, traffic congestion and the sometimes huge distances to the nearest hospitals all contribute to the challenges the Flying Doctors Nigeria addresses with our air transportation service.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Sort out the logistics for us for our readers who might be reading and able to help. Flying implies airplanes. I know you are a certified pilot. I also know your company has the support of the Nigerian government. But, I still have to ask, how are you funding what must be tremendous costs in both staff and equipment to meet the ongoing demand for your services?

Dr. Ola: The first air ambulance was proposed in 1960 for Nigeria. Since then every 3-4 years there has been a lot of talk, but no action. I decided to take that action. Just because the service is expensive doesn't make it any less essential. We are always looking for private companies to partner with.

LADYBRILLENigeria: We are all affected, the fashion, music and entertainment industries. Tell us particularly how the fashion industry can be a part of the solution from the perspective of medical supplies that we can provide, especially where textitles might be concerned?

Dr. Ola: I have worked extensively in the fashion industry both in retail and then as a model. My experience tells me that the industry wields an enormous amount of power and influence with people young and old alike. I have been to quite a few fashion shows that support medical research and know of handful of brands that support clinical medicine. Organizations like ours can always save more lives with more medical equipment and more funds. With great power comes great responsibility and I would urge the fashion industry to keep up the good work.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Explain a bit more about your numerous services.

Dr. Ola: We offer training from basic first aid right through to advanced life support. Clinical and research consultancy. In addition to this of course the Air ambulance service.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Let me end this with one final question. I am sure you are well aware of the current Jos crisis and not unique to Jos but so many of these kinds of crises that seem to always be ongoing in Nigeria. Is your organization equipped to handle the casualties that come from these unfortunate circumstances?

Dr. Ola: I have worked through both the London underground explsions and several earthquakes in Asia. Our team are very experienced in managing major incidents. We are already talking to our partners in the Northern states regarding the sort of major incident cover we can provide.

LADYBRILLENigeria: Last words to our readers, particularly on more ways they can help and be a part of the solution?

Dr. Ola: Have a look at our website, follow our blog, come on our courses and stay safe.
~Interview by Uduak Oduok

http://www.flyingdoctorsnigeria.com/index.htm

"In all of these, I was able to learn a great lesson— when you need something, people tend to avoid you but when you don't need anything and seem to be making profit, they tend to become your best friend. The attitude towards me has changed immensely."

I can relate to the above.....people avoid you when you need help, some might even steal your ideas and because it wasnt their vision in the first instance, you see them implement it wrongly....

Kudos to Dr Ola

[HolyPagan]

Dr. Ola: I have worked through both the London underground explsions and several earthquakes in Asia. Our team are very experienced in managing major incidents. We are already talking to our partners in the Northern states regarding the sort of major incident cover we can provide.

This young woman should stop lying joor

The london bombings happened in July 2005.
she was only 19 then, if she supposedly became a doctor at 21.
What major incident was she managing....All this stupid lies.
At least let her get her dates right first.

[Bill Carson]

. Dr. Ola, stop lying...... York to London is over 300km, no way could you have been there during the underground attack. How could you have worked extensively in the fashion industry as a model and entrepreneur and still graduated as a Dr by age 21?

Admin should remove this elaborate and poorly placed bogus work of fiction before Snake will bite her and her Consultant on Snake bites...

[emj]

Just done watching 'Cry Freedom' an old movie made in 1987.......my man Denzel Washington acted the part of Stephen Biko...it's a fact based story of this South African activist and his friendship with a newspaper editor Donald Woods and much more.....Stephen was killed in detention and Donald had to leave that very repressive place with his family....am happy they escaped....thou saddened by other events in that movie...

Now back to the Dr Ola's Vudeo.......enjoy

http://video.mit.edu/watch/legatum-c...ekunrin-10596/


http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/...-to-the-rescue

It is one thing to have a good vision and plan but quite another implementing it to the fullest. Ola shares how the company has been surviving and her plans for the New Year: "We have an amazing team of doctors, pilots and operations staff that make the service run effectively. We've had an excellent response from corporate bodies across West Africa, and my desire and plan for the year is to purchase more aircrafts and expand across Africa"

http://www.ted.com/pages/tedglobal_2012_fellows

[HolyPagan]

This 419 Young Woman obviously did not do 'A' levels

She went to York at 15 to do Medicine.....what a load of cobblers.
so she did A levels at 13 haba
Kai she must think Nigerians are in the dark ages..such blatant lies.

Even the website is full unprofessional badly put together misinformation.

[Bill Carson]

See correct Nigerian accent dey claim say she first come Nigeria after graduating from medical school..... Even First Lady has better foreign fone than this funkyfeeler.. Why are Nigerians so gullible?
Dr. Ola you are a fraud, please sue me.

[Austin]

First off, I personally do not see what appears so dishonest about the claims of this girl. If one juxtaposes her life with ones, and those of many others one knows, nothing she claimed seems so arbitrary and unachievable, even at a tender age of 24. Perhaps, we think she exagerated a bit; perhaps she actually did; still all we ought to be requesting at this point is clarification and not outright condemnation. And even if we find her erring on that point (of exageration) still a gentle form of checking would still be the appropriate approach. Unless and until her antagonists have something worthwhile to go after, this girl is simply making them look vindictive and ugly.

Go girl, you are a good person, with a good brain and a good heart, more grease to your elbows; and as you go up, please do remember that enemies about in unsuspecting places, so apply caution and humility all the way through. And if you have to err, please ensure you do so on the side of understating and not exagerating your achievements. Cheers.

[anwulika]

Naigerrriiyansss!!

Gullible bunch we are sometimes. We want to celebrate something so bad, we loose our God given common sense

and then one of our resident tribal bigots will come and start talking some nonsense about bad bellus blah blah

I am surprised he has not shown up yet...

Hehe.

[Austin]

Oh, my bad, she's even 26 and not 24; so, there's 2 additional years of something to have achieved.
Now, to those non-tribalists, no bad belus, prely objective critics around; you've seen the videos, seen the pictures, heard the names and read the citations; now come with your substantial criticms - the ones that are cast in iron and not based on spurios uncontrollable emotionalism - or, forever hold your peace. I mean, the types that are the sources of scandals and can cause serious downfall. Thank you for now.

[anwulika]

I think I just killed two birds with one stone.

LOL!

What is that? Like a summon to help people discern? No, thanks. God blessed each and every one of us with one.

Anyways, too much embellishments in the story for the truly discerning, the non-emotional and not so easily impressed. I felt like I was recalling the movie-Catch Me If You Can. Make una dey wear una critical thinking hats, please.

Still an impressive resume...when you separate the wheat from chaff. There really was no need.

[Bill Carson]

Naigerrriiyansss!!

Gullible bunch we are sometimes. We want to celebrate something so bad, we loose our God given common sense

and then one of our resident tribal bigots will come and start talking some nonsense about bad bellus blah blah

I am surprised he has not shown up yet...

Hehe.

Anwulika,

Did you read the one on snake bites she wrote? Please go into her company profile and meet the team.....
I am certain she is not a Dr, thank God for internet.

[anwulika]

Anwulika,

Did you read the one on snake bites she wrote? Please go into her company profile and meet the team.....
I am certain she is not a Dr, thank God for internet.

Primary Advisor for the Management of Snake Bites (PAMSB). Hehehehehe! I love that title!

I could not quite make out if they are running an air taxi or ambulance service?

Na so so liaison liaison...

''Take me to the UK, please...'' lol

Again, another profiteering from our failed health care system. The wide gap BETWEEN RICH AND POOR keeps widening.

[HolyPagan]

Primary Advisor for the Management of Snake Bites (PAMSB). Hehehehehe! I love that title!

I could not quite make out if they are running an air taxi or ambulance service?

Na so so liaison liaison...

Take me to the UK, please...lol

Again, another profiteering from our failed health care system. The wide gap BETWEEN RICH AND POOR keeps widening.

No mine di giel
She was making seriously fraudulent assertions that no qualified Doctor will make.
Imagine alleging that she worked at the london bombings, and that suddenly made her an expert on trauma medicine.
meanwhile the incident was in 2005, and she supposedly did not become a Doctor till 2007.
She allegedly worked for 9months, and suddenly has more expertise than any consultant living or dead.
Think of her time line, and educational achievements within that time line...she is lying through her teeth.
all that video is just Network marketing propaganda/ publicity stuff
She is vague about important stuff...which hospital in the midlands did our juniour doctor become a specialist while doing residency
As at today even if one is to believe her tale about becoming a Medical Dr at 21 (which I dont) she has not been a Dr for 10yrs.Yet she is alleging 10yrs experience with the NHS, so she started working for the NHS as a child abi...na waa
I can see the bug eyed gullibles have swallowed it hook-line-and sinker...With all the snide remarks about bad belle etc.
Anyway she knows there are Ode folks who will fall for it...and they have indeed.

[Austin]

With all the accusations and bad mouthing flying around initially, it is glad to see discerning spirits leading folks to agree that it is a CV that is and will be impressive regardless. so, why all the initial gra gra, if not bad bellus? Anyway sha, thats life, it can be hard to see another person living one's dreams and not fly off in a jealous rage. But to then come and introduce tribal dimension into the intercourse is as ridiculous as to hear a Dane tell me, on our first encounter, that he/she has nothing against foreigners living in Denmark. I have learnt to be very very cautious of such people, for they do always give off vibes that are diametrically opposed to whatever they tend to profess.

Anyway sha, we are just one gullible and ode internet avatar, hence the only crime (sic) I can see here is a young over-achieving girl who still feels the need to impress. Soon, she will outgrow that, look back and laugh at herself. To that, some of us can easily relate.

[anwulika]

Go and sit down jare! All these people that think they know the beginning and end of one's comment sef...

By force, by force you must insert yourself inside something that has nothing to do with you, ogini?

The comment precedes this thread and has nothing to do with you.

Spelled clearly enough?

[First-lady]

AT 23 she already had a 10 yr experience with NHS sitting on medical boards and all yet she graduated at 21
maybe her birth mother dropped off the wrong birth certificate at the foster home
she graduated med school at 13
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Naijaaaaaaaaaaa
where is she located in Naija

[anwulika]

Embellishments aside, I still do not get any of this? Is this really good news? And for who?

''Smart'' young lady comes to Nigeria with foreigners and with a few Nigerians; all with very questionable relevant job skills, set up medical air transport services for the rich that has so far mostly only liaised with London hospitals.

Abi, am I missing something?

Oh! I forgot; according to Obugi we never think about the collective

[First-lady]

what I am missing is the relevance of graduating med school at age 21
and so freaking what?
it is no news IMHO
This will soon be like another Philip Emeagwali ,all hat and no cattle
please watch the clip below
it is revolting to say the least
she left her career in the UK to do this
to do what?
like she came to save Nigeria
rubbish
she is only 25 and so freaking what?
see the irritant mgbeke that won't allow us hear sumtin
she was born and bred in Rondon o
she calls herself one of the youngest to graduate not the youngest
I am the first to congratulate an achiever but this one is very annoying
I don't see anything worth celebrating especially since the annoying girl is the person blowing her own trumpet
Angel Michael or Michelle come from London

Rubbish


http://video.mit.edu/watch/legatum-c...ekunrin-10596/

[Austin]

Unfortunately, emotionalism cannot equate rationalism.
And anger is even the worst form of emotionalism.
Let those who feel aggrieved provide concrete evidence to scandalise the girl.
There is nothing outrightly bad in interjecting one experience into a discussion, if it is relevant; we see and hear it daily on TV, newspaper etc. We hear politicians tell us they've been there and seen things for themselves and so on.
Anyway sha, has the girl committed a crime or not. If she has, I will be one of the most vocal to criticize her - whether she be Zulu, or Arab.

[anwulika]

The emotional people here are those that are quick to shout ''Na awa pikin, na awa pikin O!!'' before dissecting an article and using God-given common sense to investigate the veracity of some claims that have been postulated therein.

If you accuse me of lack of emotion, I will definitely agree.

Again, I cannot help people see the obvious. It is very clear and I am happy others saw through the bullshit too. There is hope for Nigeria, after all

PS- Who is angry?

[HolyPagan]

AT 23 she already had a 10 yr experience with NHS sitting on medical boards and all yet she graduated at 21
maybe her birth mother dropped off the wrong birth certificate at the foster home
she graduated med school at 13
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Naijaaaaaaaaaaa
where is she located in Naija

Na waa O
hinternet na like agbara(spirit)....it is easy to consult when things are not clear.
chica never reach 10yrs since she allegedly leave med school but she don do Doctor work for 10yrs.

carry bad weave dey blow fone like no tomorrow.
Is she ambitious yes
Is she driven yes
Did she do/has she done all she is alleging...hell no.
and that is my point. chica dey lie..simple and short...
hohaaa

[Bill Carson]

Contact Us
Head Office

Flying Doctors Nigeria
109 Opebi Road
Ikeja
Lagos State
Nigeria

Telephone: +44 7944 238 480 or +234 706 920 1299


Head Office in Lagos with a UK mobile number. Nothing wey we no go see.

[emj]

How I became a doctor at 21 -Ola Orekunrin
May 27, 2012 by Nkarenyi Ukonu



SOURCE: www.punchng.com

Oga mi, na wich kain tingy be this...u started a thread and didnt comment....are it good?

Anywaz........




And eherm @ Ogagun Austin
Na wetin be your yown inside this matter? Are you done carrying the phoun phoun given to you by h/our master?
Nonsense and coriander...oya afira tie your singlet and join the other laborers quick/fast...

Btw, pack your portumaneau, we are shipping you back to Nigeria next week




Meanwhile Ola Orekunrin is trending nicely......lols

[agensheku]

Oga mi, na wich kain tingy be this...u started a thread and didnt comment....are it good?

Anywaz........

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...78756952_n.jpg


And eherm @ Ogagun Austin
Na wetin be your yown inside this matter? Are you done carrying the phoun phoun given to you by h/our master?
Nonsense and coriander...oya afira tie your singlet and join the other laborers quick/fast...

Btw, pack your portumaneau, we are shipping you back to Nigeria next week

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...58900983_n.jpg


Meanwhile Ola Orekunrin is trending nicely......lols

Emj, my sister!

E get as e be! At times when i see a news feature, I enjoy just throwing it in and letting people have a field day. I know kids now begin schooling at age 3, but she may need plenty of "fertilizer" in her brain to do six years of primary, six of secondary and another five or six in Med school to become docy!

When the figures did not add up convincingly, I decided to let the subject float. People read a lot of meanings to posts.

But Austin wey put mouth, nor be him you dey order back to work so? I am busy at MALU university site...abi na MAU?

[emj]

First off, I personally do not see what appears so dishonest about the claims of this girl. If one juxtaposes her life with ones, and those of many others one knows, nothing she claimed seems so arbitrary and unachievable, even at a tender age of 24. Perhaps, we think she exagerated a bit; perhaps she actually did; still all we ought to be requesting at this point is clarification and not outright condemnation. And even if we find her erring on that point (of exageration) still a gentle form of checking would still be the appropriate approach. Unless and until her antagonists have something worthwhile to go after, this girl is simply making them look vindictive and ugly.

Go girl, you are a good person, with a good brain and a good heart, more grease to your elbows; and as you go up, please do remember that enemies about in unsuspecting places, so apply caution and humility all the way through. And if you have to err, please ensure you do so on the side of understating and not exagerating your achievements. Cheers.

You're so right about clarification....i contacted the lady and have sent her the link to this thread. She's aware and will register with the hope to clarify. Our duty is to seek to know/learn the truth and help clear wrong perceptions.

Cheers.

[emj]

Emj, my sister!

E get as e be! At times when i see a news feature, I enjoy just throwing it in and letting people have a field day. I know kids now begin schooling at age 3, but she may need plenty of "fertilizer" in her brain to do six years of primary, six of secondary and another five or six in Med school to become docy!

When the figures did not add up convincingly, I decided to let the subject float. People read a lot of meanings to posts.

But Austin wey put mouth, nor be him you dey order back to work so? I am busy at MALU university site...abi na MAU?

Unfortunately you did bad. You should have contacted her for clarification. The journalist that first interviewed her was too excited that the etiquette of reporting was thrown to the dogs. A good reporter would have asked good/real leading questions to get their facts right before reporting....and like you know the others just ran with the story without checking...hence making it look like she's fibbing.

Anyway....later

[Austin]

Oga mi, na wich kain tingy be this...u started a thread and didnt comment....are it good?

Anywaz........

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And eherm @ Ogagun Austin
Na wetin be your yown inside this matter? Are you done carrying the phoun phoun given to you by h/our master?
Nonsense and coriander...oya afira tie your singlet and join the other laborers quick/fast...

Btw, pack your portumaneau, we are shipping you back to Nigeria next week

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Meanwhile Ola Orekunrin is trending nicely......lols

Thanks EMJ, that is what I asked myself at home yesternight, when I saw the amount of work i left aside to respond to frivolities. Anyway sha, I just think that sometimes, sanity has to prevail - really.

Meanwhile, I am still trying desperately to find where I can catch the girl lying. I mean, where she said those things alleged herself. And I have still not found one and, doubt if I will ever find one.

Should be obvious to anyone who is not as odecious as myself that someone made a mistake on the Flying Doctors webpage, which needs urgent clarification and correction. But hey, that is a smoking gun to some overzealous MAU university graduates and their friends.

Anyway sha. Here I rest my case, and swear to henceforth mind my business. Me I don't want to be sent to Naija o. Not right now.

[Bill Carson]

Dear Dr. Ola

After reading your article on BusinessDay of 20th January 2012 (I hope this latest interview was not conducted by an overzealous journalist like the previous years), I have picked some large holes...

You claimed to have graduated from Medical School aged twenty one after six years in medical school. Are you now claiming to have started A'Levels aged thirteen?

You claimed to have graduated from University Of York, will it be right to suggest you meant Hull York Medical School as it is very unusual for a Doctor not to mention their medical School. A Doctor will likely claim to have graduated from King's Collage rather than University Of London.

It is highly unlikely for a Junior Doctor (24yrs) to have various articles in the respectable BMJ, please provide us with links to your articles in the respectable BMJ.

You would have left England as a junior Doctor based on the information you have provided, Junior Doctors are paid in the region of £30,000 which is not a "large salary".

Yours Humble Patient,

Bill Carson

[HolyPagan]

Dear Dr. Ola

After reading your article on BusinessDay of 20th January 2012 (I hope this latest interview was not conducted by an overzealous journalist like the previous years), I have picked some large holes...

You claimed to have graduated from Medical School aged twenty one after six years in medical school. Are you now claiming to have started A'Levels aged thirteen?

You claimed to have graduated from University Of York, will it be right to suggest you meant Hull York Medical School as it is very unusual for a Doctor not to mention their medical School. A Doctor will likely claim to have graduated from King's Collage rather than University Of London.

It is highly unlikely for a Junior Doctor (24yrs) to have various articles in the respectable BMJ, please provide us with links to your articles in the respectable BMJ.

You would have left England as a junior Doctor based on the information you have provided, Junior Doctors are paid in the region of £30,000 which is not a "large salary".

Yours Humble Patient,

Bill Carson

Siddon hia and be picking holes you hiaa?
don't you know you should be calling her for clarification.
She is Mary mother of Jesus, incapable of blowing fabu...
it must be dem naija hacks, putting words in her mouth.
The poor girl was misquoted by overzealous hacks in ALL her interviews
sodia4 be warned.

[First-lady]

Dear Dr. Ola

After reading your article on BusinessDay of 20th January 2012 (I hope this latest interview was not conducted by an overzealous journalist like the previous years), I have picked some large holes...

You claimed to have graduated from Medical School aged twenty one after six years in medical school. Are you now claiming to have started A'Levels aged thirteen?

You claimed to have graduated from University Of York, will it be right to suggest you meant Hull York Medical School as it is very unusual for a Doctor not to mention their medical School. A Doctor will likely claim to have graduated from King's Collage rather than University Of London.

It is highly unlikely for a Junior Doctor (24yrs) to have various articles in the respectable BMJ, please provide us with links to your articles in the respectable BMJ.

You would have left England as a junior Doctor based on the information you have provided, Junior Doctors are paid in the region of £30,000 which is not a "large salary".

Yours Humble Patient,

Bill Carson

She don palpate you before?
Grab you for yonder and ask you to turn and cough
When did u become her patient
Onye ara

Let her also tell us which hospital she did her residency training at and what specialty
Any royal college fellowships or memberships,from which college and when
If she graduated at 21 ,she should still be in training right now but no
As soon as they gave her certificate she jumped on a plane and started performing wonders in Nigeria
When her mates are still honing their newly acquired skills and writing fellowship exams
She is gallivanting the globe blowing her trumpet and doing wonders in Nigeria straight out of med school
Let her register on NVS,We dey wait am
She started A levels at 13
Wonderment

[Bill Carson]

Siddon hia and be picking holes you hiaa?
don't you know you should be calling her for clarification.
She is Mary mother of Jesus, incapable of blowing fabu...
it must be dem naija hacks, putting words in her mouth.
The poor girl was misquoted by overzealous hacks in ALL her interviews
sodia4 be warned.

HP,

So you are suggesting she provides clarification to her trainee pilot, Junior Doctor certificate or what?

Don't mind that envious Nurse First Lady trying to seek further Royal Collage clarifications?

[HolyPagan]

She don palpate you before?
Grab you for yonder and ask you to turn and cough
When did u become her patient
Onye ara

Let her also tell us which hospital she did her residency training at and what specialty
Any royal college fellowships or memberships,from which college and when
If she graduated at 21 ,she should still be in training right now but no
As soon as they gave her certificate she jumped on a plane and started performing wonders in Nigeria
When her mates are still honing their newly acquired skills and writing fellowship exams
She is gallivanting the globe blowing her trumpet and doing wonders in Nigeria straight out of med school
Let her register on NVS,We dey wait am
She started A levels at 13
Wonderment

Nnaa...I remember one girl in my school
Mgbeke like me wey never go lagos in those days
she take foto of Trade fair complex tell us say na her papa estate
Yours truly believed her

Igbo people tok say if na only one pesin be yam farmer...'Ahiajoku' the God of yam for dey send am to tell us
uninitiated plebs Hi!!!

We never see dokinta before....
have you heard ...she walks on water sef

[First-lady]

HP,

So you are suggesting she provides clarification to her trainee pilot, Junior Doctor certificate or what?

Don't mind that envious Nurse First Lady trying to seek further Royal Collage clarifications?

Of course na
How can someborry pose with ordinary MBBS?
Get the whole 9 yards na and have an accomplishment worth envying
You graduated at 21 is that one an accomplishment?
And you are 25 and doctor and so what.
I had 2 children sucking at my teeties by age 25 and u dont hear me hitting gong abourrit

[HolyPagan]

Of course na
How can someborry pose with ordinary MBBS?
Get the whole 9 yards na and have an accomplishment worth envying
You graduated at 21 is that one an accomplishment?
And you are 25 and doctor and so what.
I had 2 children sucking at my teeties by age 25 and u dont hear me hitting gong abourrit

There was this Owerri man, My Parents said when he came back from Obodo Oyibo, His father felt he needed a translator to speak to his kins men...and dutifully provided him with one.
haba how can you still be mere mortal after living in England...Mba nu.

[Bill Carson]

Of course na
How can someborry pose with ordinary MBBS?
Get the whole 9 yards na and have an accomplishment worth envying
You graduated at 21 is that one an accomplishment?
And you are 25 and doctor and so what.
I had 2 children sucking at my teeties by age 25 and u dont hear me hitting gong abourrit

Madam FL,

I had my youth while in secondary school, so your children sucking your slagging breast at age 25 is nothing to hip hip hip about....

Please tell that Abiola Babe to stop bashing our Dr. Ola and go become a Dr herself if it is that easy.....

[HolyPagan]

Madam FL,

I had my youth while in secondary school, so your children sucking your slagging breast at age 25 is nothing to hip hip hip about....

Please tell that Abiola Babe to stop bashing our Dr. Ola and go become a Dr herself if it is that easy.....

Ibi dakwa gi

[First-lady]

Nnaa...I remember one girl in my school
Mgbeke like me wey never go lagos in those days
she take foto of Trade fair complex tell us say na her papa estate
Yours truly believed her

Igbo people tok say if na only one pesin be yam farmer...'Ahiajoku' the God of yam for dey send am to tell us
uninitiated plebs Hi!!!

We never see dokinta before....
have you heard ...she walks on water sef

Lol
All those posers in secondary school
Most of the ones in my school were the "lagos babes" that told incredible stories how their fathers owned this and that
One supposedly lived in a mansion with mobile police guarding them and had parties that closed down Federal Palace hotel
With servants that were baffing her sef
Very local girl o with an Ngbati accent you needed a chain saw to cut through,tribal marks all over her face
You look am finish hear her stories,the thing no jive
Summer she will go Spain,go London,those who went will show us picture,Risikat bring picture naw whosai
Until one adventurous girl went to help us confirm things
First of all she was supposedly an only child
The girl reached there and saw another Mgbeke a spitting image of her cooking amala in a zinc outhouse " bacha"
Chei
Then she shouted her sister name and the girl ran out from the community yard living looking all local with wrapper
This was a girl that wore jeans when we wore " mufty" on some weekends
When we returned from long vacation,the news spread like wild fire
Risikat lived in an original ghetto tying wrapping like an agidi hawker
Those of us that lived in Owerri and Aba were living in paradise compared to what this investigation revealed

[Bill Carson]

Lol
All those posers in secondary school
Most of the ones in my school were the "lagos babes" that told incredible stories how their fathers owned this and that
One supposedly lived in a mansion with mobile police guarding them and had parties that closed down Federal Palace hotel
With servants that were baffing her sef
Very local girl o with an Ngbati accent you needed a chain saw to cut through,tribal marks all over her face
You look am finish hear her stories,the thing no jive
Summer she will go Spain,go London,those who went will show us picture,Risikat bring picture naw whosai
Until one adventurous girl went to help us confirm things
First of all she was supposedly an only child
The girl reached there and saw another Mgbeke a spitting image of her cooking amala in a zinc outhouse " bacha"
Chei
Then she shouted her sister name and the girl ran out from the community yard living looking all local with wrapper
This was a girl that wore jeans when we wore " mufty" on some weekends
When we returned from long vacation,the news spread like wild fire
Risikat lived in an original ghetto tying wrapping like an agidi hawker
Those of us that lived in Owerri and Aba were living in paradise compared to what this investigation revealed

We had this Igbo guy that came from Onitsha and was the Chief Bobo master...... He once told us how he will watch A & B side of a VHS cassette, the only problem is that VHS only has one side.
Oya Abiola babes tell us what you guys were up to at that Akoka?