Zonta, Power and influence:The Eye as the King of the Body; 30 million Nigerians likely to go blind by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,London,England september 18 2022
The global economic cost of visual impairment is put at 411 billion dollars a year! This was revealed in the guardian, october 14 2021 by adebukunola adefule- ositelu,a professor and consultant ophthalmologist at the college of medicine university of lagos
I just got this report filed in THI DAY on august 30, 2022, ,captioned SIGHTSAVERS call for rights inclusion for people with disabilities and yesterday september 17 2022m 30 million Nigerians living with disabilities are likely to go blind.- SIGHTSAVERS Vanguard newspaper. We need to take these up with our 18 presidential candidates. They all have eyes.
The last time I wrote on ijebu ode and the wonderful world of children I did state that the adeola odutola foundation was launched on august 30 2012. Which marked the birth of maurice hilleman the King of Vaccines what i failed to state is that the Eyes are said to be the "KIng of the Body" and the speciality of medicine that addresses the eye, which is ophthalmic surgery has been described as the most prestigious of the medical speciilities.it is said to be to medicine what golf is to recreation and sports and this is where we find Professor Oyin Olurin and Dr.Ben Ajayi ex, president ophthalmology society of nigeria./And still talking of Kings because the Queen is no more , God save the King!/ King Charles III." there used to be The King of Surgery,Professor Toriola Solanke spouse to the queen of Law, Chief Folake Solanke SAN once described as the worl;ds most powerful woman on account of being the first non caucasuin president of Zonta International a professional and business women's organization founded on november 8 1919, usa.professor Toriola Solanke used to be president of the Pan African Congress of Surgeons. Thre other names and disstinghuished sourgeons in a class of their own,you have the Professors JIde Ajayi,AKIN adesola and Emmanuel Elebute. Please look them up. I pray that the Historians would remember you.your good deeds/ there is also the King or Dean of Medical Historians,Professor Adelola Adeloye.
Professor Oyin olurin, herself a member and ex-, president of Zonta in Nigeria, nigeria's first woman professor of medicine, Queen of Medicine turned 88 this year. Please look her up. she is the subject of a book titled, oyinade odutola olurin A Rare Gem edited by adetokubo lucas and kayode oyediran
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