AN ODE TO CHINWE MUOMALU
Pays tribute to Chinwe Muomalu, a medical practitioner of note
The mission of Cradle and Mum hospital is to provide holistic care to the vulnerable population of women and children with the aim of contributing positively to the downward trend of maternal and under five mortality in Nigeria.
Aside that, the hospital also serves as a training hub for community health workers around the environ and is deeply engaged in community outreaches aimed at educating women on the need to develop a robust health seeking behaviour that will ensure that they have a safe delivery when pregnant as well as healthy children after the babies are born.
This accounts for the reason Cradle and Mum is fantastically equipped with modern medical facilities comparable to what is obtained in western countries.
Notably, the hospital consists of a 20 bedded wards made up of three General wards, two semi-private wards and a private ward.
In addition, the facility is equipped with a state-of-art Neonatal intensive care unit comprising four Neonatal incubators, two radiant warmers, seven cots and cpap respiratory support machines.
Each unit is equipped with medical monitors, infusion pumps and Syringe pumps. The unit is also equipped with modern Drager Phototherapy machines and boasts of a fully piped oxygen unit which ensures continued oxygen delivery to the babies in the intensive care unit.
The theatre which supports the maternal unit is equipped with a state of art double unit anaesthetic machine and oxygen piped units.
The laboratory department is fully equipped to provide the much needed support to the hospital and carries out haematologic, chemical pathology and microbiology investigation while the blood bank ensures continuous supply of blood to the hospital.
The CSSD department is equipped with a full laundromat and a functional sterilisation unit boasting of two Auto clave machines.
And to ensure that Cradle and Mum provides a home away from home, there is an inhouse cafeteria which caters to the need of in-patients and out patients.
The big play ground equipped with toys is also available for children on admission with sitting areas where parents can watch their kids play.
The hospital also boasts of a 24-hour light supply consisting of EEDC supply, generator and a solar system.
Dr Muomalu does not allow her career to interfere with her home as a dutiful mother and wife. She has been married since 2001, to her high school sweetheart Barr. Okey Muomalu from Akokwa , Ideato North local government area of Imo State.
A dotting mother and loving wife, Dr. Muomalu adores her husband and kids. She describes her husband aptly as “the wing beneath my wings.” And for her beautiful children among whom are upcoming medical doctors and engineers, Dr Muomalu calls them “my shinning armours and precious gifts from God.”
She combines her medical practice with entrepreneurship hence she is the founder and the CEO of Paedville British schools in Isolo, Lagos which has since inception grown into two campuses with the inclusion of the primary sector.
The entrepreneur in Dr Muomalu was visible for everybody to see during her studentship and as a resident doctor in LUTH when she would travel to the United Kingdom, on a business trip on Friday night after ward rounds and still be present for her ward rounds by 8am on Monday.
A devout Catholic, Dr Muomalu believes in the mantra, “do unto others what you would want them to do to you.” Her greatest desire is serve God through works of mercy in the health industry.