Anesthesiology,anaesthesiology,or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before,during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia,intensive care medicine,critical emergency medicine,and pain medicine. A physician specialized in anesthesiology is called an anesthesiologist,anaesthesiologist,or anaesthetist,depending on the country. In some countries,the terms are synonymous,while in other countries they refer to different positions,and anesthetist is only used for non-physicians,such as nurse anesthetists.
Operating department practitioners(ODPs) are specialist allied healthcare professionals who are involved in the planning and delivery of perioperative care. They are primarily employed in surgical operating departments but may also work directly within or further their training to facilitate working within a variety of acute clinical settings. These include 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,he served as the Federal Minister of Transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). He previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State from 2007 to 2015 and Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. On 9 April 2022,Amaechi declared his interest to contest in the Presidential election in 2023,he came second in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind Bola Tinubu with 316 votes from the delegates.
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 at 2nd Floor,State Secretariat Complex,Port Harcourt.
Ipalibo Gogo Banigo is a Nigerian medical doctor,politician and the first female Deputy Governor of Rivers State.
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 present.
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.
Onimim Ernestina Jacks is a lawyer serving since June 2015 as the Rivers State Commissioner of Agriculture in Nigeria. She is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party.
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.
Dumnamene Robinson Dekor also known as Rt. Hon. Dum Dekor is a Nigerian politician who was Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 2007 to 2011. He represented Khana II in the 6th Rivers State House of Assembly. On 15 September 2017,he was sworn in as a commissioner-designee by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and on 20 September,he was assigned to the Rivers State Ministry of Works. Rt. Hon. Dum Dekor was elected to the House of Representatives as member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency of Rivers State since 2019. He is a member of Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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. He was appointed Minister of Health in President Muhammadu Buhari administration in November 2019. Following the submission of the ministerial nominees to the Senate by the Presidency in July 2019 and subsequent screening,He was appointed as the Minister of Health in August 2019.
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.
