Founding member of EKO Hospital, Obiora, dies at 85

One of the founding members of EKO Hospital, Dr. Amechi Obiora, is dead.

Obiora was the ‘O’ in the EKO, which was derived from Eneli, Kuku, Obiora, the three doctors that founded the Lagos based hospital.

The renowned Anambra State medical practitioner was said to have died after a brief illness, at the age of 85.

The late Obiora who studied at the Edo College in Benin City, Edo State, on a scholarship and at Government College, Owerri, Imo state, was also on a scholarship on account of his superior intellect.

He was an outstanding student at the medical school of the University of Ibadan, where he graduated in 1964.

His record at the Royal College of Surgeons in Scotland was no less impressive. He rose rapidly to the position of Senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.

Obiora, alongside with his partners, Dr. Alexander Eneli and Dr. Sunday Kuku, set up EKO hospital to ensure Nigerians get a private hospital of international standard.