Ingram Osigwe
Attaining the golden age is a no mean milestone. This is why Dr. Chinwe Muomalu (Nee Nwaozuzu) has every reason to be grateful to God. Many who were born the same day and year as her are no longer here; Dr. Muomalu, a serial entrepreneur and erudite medical practitioner recognizes this fact and is thankful to God for being the anchor of her life these 50 years.
Having just hit the golden age, friends and associates cannot stop heaping elegant tributes and kind words on this quintessentially beautiful woman, mother and wife whose career trajectory and progression are both salutary and inspiring.
Born in April 1973 at Nsukka in the present day Enugu State, to Prof & Prof Mrs BSC Nwaozuzu, Dr. Muoamalu attended the university primary school Nsukka and from there proceeded to the Federal Government Girls College, Owerri.
She graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, School of Medicine, Enugu campus after which she proceeded to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, for a residency program in Paediatrics.
Dr. Muomalu later became a Consultant and Fellow of the National College of Paediatrics, sailing through the very demanding residency training program in record time.
She also has a Masters in International Public Health from the University of Liverpool and a Diploma in Hospital Administration from the University of Washington, USA.
Dr. Muomalu is passionate about saving lives. This has seen her, in the course of her medical career, transverse several medical establishments and held very important leadership positions including the Head of clinicals, Balm hospital Lagos and Chief Medical Director Outreach women and children’s hospital, Lagos.
She was the pioneer Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Obijackson Women and Children’s Hospital where she served a dual role as a Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatalogist, thus debunking the false assumptions that hospital administrators are too busy to perform their clinical duties.
Her love for neonatology has led to remarkable feats in the area of preterm care where she has continued to play a central role in the nursing care of premature babies with birth weights as low as 600 gm and has been central figure in the successes currently being enjoyed by the internationally acclaimed Neonatal intensive care units in the South East.
Dr Muomalu is the initiator and facilitator of the WHO helping babies breath program and has trained over 1,000 midwives and doctors on the skills needed to resuscitate new borns.
She has championed various workshops for health workers in partnership with Nestle training institute and freisland campaign training institute and continues to work closely with them in developing training curricula for health professionals.
Having worked in several government and private health institutions offering her sound professional expertise, Dr Moumalu has decided to take her practice to the greatest height by co-founding a state of the art, well equipped private medical facility, Cradle and Mum Specialist hospital.
Located at new Owerri axis of the Imo state capital, a serene neighbourhood ideal for total relaxation and recuperation of the sick babies and their mother, Cradle and Mum Specialist hospital is designed to care for the mother and child with bias for the care of preterm babies and respiratory support for new born.
The hospital is manned by seasoned paediatricians, neonatologists, paediatric surgeons, obstetricians and highly skilled paediatric nurses and midwives amongst other supporting staff.