Abia specialist hospital CMD, Okwuonu elected into ISFA board * Becomes 2nd black man, 1st African-based doctor to reach such height

Abia specialist hospital CMD, Okwuonu elected into ISFA board

* Becomes 2nd black man, 1st African-based doctor to reach such height

Steve Oko

The Chief Medical Director, CMD, of Abia Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, has been elected into the prestigious International Society for Apheresis.

Okwuonu a Consultant Nephrologist and Physician got elected into the body on Saturday during the organisation’s world congress at Bangkok, Thailand.

Vanguard investigation revealed that Dr Okwuonu is the second black man to emerge a member of the Board, and the first African-based medical doctor to reach that height.

Apheresis which means blood purification, is a branch of Medicine that deals with purification of blood and removal of toxic substances causing disease.

According to experts, apheresis is also a type of dialysis that removes larger molecules and replaces them with other substances.

It also deals with separation of blood into different components like red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets for targeted treatment.

Okwuonu, in a chat, told our Correspondent that the Thailand congress featured experts from different countries in the field of haematology, Nephrology, general practitioners, intensivists, nurses and social workers involved in the practice of apheresis.

On his role as Apheresis Board member, Okwuonu said he was to contribute to increasing awareness and practice of apheresis in Africa and globally.

He is also to be part of policy-making in the global field of apheresis; develop and review guidelines for Apheresis practice globally; and to perform any other role as assigned by the Board.

 

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