Victor Okechukwu Anyaegbuna

Victor Okechukwu Anyaegbuna, (Ichie Nwanonukpo II Umuoji) was born on November 11 (Poppy Day) , in the first year of the second half of the twentieth Century, at Aba in Eastern Nigeria, as the first of seven children of same parents, Chief J B C Anyaegbuna (Ichie Nwanonukpo 1 Umuoji) and Mrs. Levinna Idah Anyaegbuna. He attended the elite Government Secondary School, Afikpo in Eastern Nigeria where he was Editor-in-Chief of the school's 'Purple Times' newsletter. Thereafter he attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he graduated with the Bachelor of Science Honours (B.Sc Hons) degree in Biochemistry. During that period he was President of the Society of Biochemistry Students. Upon graduation in 1977 he was enrolled and served the Nigerian National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme at Mkar, Idah and Otukpo all in the old Benue State of Nigeria. Thereafter, in 1979 he was admitted to the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Nigeria where he also was Editor-in-Chief of the 'MEDILAG Journal' of Medicine. He graduated as a Medical Doctor and served as an intern at the Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. After this one year service he moved to Bauchi and served briefly at the Specialist Hospital before moving to the General Hospital in Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State. With just two doctors running the entire hospital, he acquired rare surgical skills, excelling in some very rare and challenging cases. After Birnin Gwari he returned to Lagos in 1986 and worked at Women's Medical Center in Victoria Island. He has a stint with Tin Can Hospital in Olodi Apapa before he established Levan Medical Center where he made a mark in general medical practice and excelled in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.