“Wrapped Soil” invites readers during his earlier years in his village at Igbo-Ukwu, where he developed his brilliance and genius and then the sudden death of his father motivated him further to become a doctor when he meets a young British Missionary doctor in 1948 which motivated him even more to become one.
In his memoir the distinguished Professor of Medicine chronicles how in 1950s he grew from his early life in a rural African village of Igbo-Ukwu in Nigeria, with no electricity or water supply, to become a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in USA in 1970s, and then return to his very village of birth to successfully found and introduce his people to a modern hospital. His intermittent use of dialogues further enhance the narrative and keep his story compelling.
Read the book to experience first-hand accounts of this talented and brilliant village boy of humble with privileged beginnings in this enlightening and inspiring memoir.
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“Wrapped Soil: Autobiography of a Medical Mission-Driven Life”
Author: Uchenna Nwosu
Publisher: Your Online Publicist
Publication Date: August 2021
Genre: Autobiography
About the Author
Dr. Nwosu received his A.B. Biochemistry in 1964 from Harvard College and MD from Boston University. After his OB/GYN residency at Pennsylvania Hospital he returned to Nigeria to University of Ife to provide a soft landing for his family before setting off for Igbo-Ukwu to found Apex Medical Centre in 1981. Nine years later he returned to pursue academia in the US with his family.
Finally retiring in his Nigeria home in 2011 he led the Apex Medical organization he had founded in establishing an Orthopedic Hospital in 2013, and an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Neurosurgery Center in 2021. Still “unwrapping the soil” at 83, he has embarked on setting up a College of Nursing Services at his flagship in his home town Igbo-Ukwu, while indulging his passions for oil painting and horticulture. He feels called to extend good medical care plus health education to the underserved rural population where he has his roots. He can be reached at prof.allied@gmail.com
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