Crop of Healthcare Entrepreneurs

From Timbuktu Chronicles Fri Jul 18 2014, 15:08:00

A diaspora that builds Nigeria Health Watch profiles Kidney Solutions a kidney disease and dialysis company :

Emeka Anekwe and Ogo Egbuna, graduates of the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria. After medical school, they were among the many doctors who left for the USA to develop their skills. Completing the rigorous specialization programmes in internal medicine and sub-specialisation in nephrology, they had started to establish themselves in practice in the US and could have settled comfortably into that lifestyle. However, after many years of practice, they were conscious of the challenges the Nigerian health sector still faced and were keen to do more than settle into a mere professionally fulfilled life in the United States.

Following years of research and due diligence they have recently set up the first completely outpatient dialysis centre in Nigeria - Kidney Solutions in Ikeja Lagos. On a recent visit to their centre, I spent the day with Dr Anekwe talking about the project. It was impossible to miss the passion in his voice as he shared their story with me and the ...

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