Dr. Jack Ovunda Omodu

Consultant Urologist

Medical tourism is increasingly becoming an alternate option to public health facilities in the country. Citizens are fed up with the poor service delivery and ill-equipped facilities that is the norm in most public hospitals. This continual citizen’s movements aided the high rates of brain drain in the country because both patients and doctors are leaving the country, the private health sector is the alternative but then it cannot stand alone, the government ought to intervene and also relax stringent rules on medical advertisement. A relentless apostle of Africa's quest for development, a philanthropist and passionate about Nigeria.A fellow of the West African College of Surgeons(2012) with a specialization in surgery and urology.He has assisted in reducing the outflow of patients on medical tourism through advanced medical technology in the surgical treatment of illnesses related to the prostate, bladder and kidney. He is a cerebral contributor and erudite resource person on national and global issues.He's been published by medical journals, an active member of several medical institutes and associations and a beneficiary of local and international awards in his field.Positions held include; Rivers State Hospital Management Board, Rivers State Council of Health and Research Ethics Board, Association of Resident Doctors UPTH, MDCAN, RSGH, Head of Surgery, Head of Urology (Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital)PH,Founder and Chairman of Primerose Prostate Savers Foundation and CMD of Colworths Medical Centre.

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