{"id":130,"date":"2016-05-10T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/10\/inspiration-olamides-story\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T20:13:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T20:13:35","slug":"inspiration-olamides-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"INSPIRATION : Olamide&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Exbq49IFMZQ\/VzGf_6N1n6I\/AAAAAAAAAIQ\/RvdhGphJNLAO7zjbFICM4oqWykXnSm9gACLcB\/s1600\/Ola-Orekunrin-360x541.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Exbq49IFMZQ\/VzGf_6N1n6I\/AAAAAAAAAIQ\/RvdhGphJNLAO7zjbFICM4oqWykXnSm9gACLcB\/s320\/Ola-Orekunrin-360x541.jpg\" width=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">photo credit : www.dailymail.co.uk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>INSPIRATION \u2013 Olamide\u2019s story\u2026.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;On a trip to Nigeria, Olamide\u2019s 12 year old sister had fallen ill <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>She needed urgent care but the closest hospital could not deal with her condition<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>Before Olamide\u2019s family could get an air ambulance to transport her to a suitable health centre, Olamide\u2019s sister died.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>Olamide who graduated at 21 as one of the youngest medical doctors in England was determined to improve the health care delivery system in Nigeria.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>With this in mind, Olamide studied the evacuation model and air ambulance service in other developing countries such as Kenya, Libya, Uganda and India.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;She then went on to set up Flying doctors Nigeria, West Africa\u2019s first and only full air ambulance service.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>Olamide is also a trainee helicopter pilot.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>In 2013, Olamide was named a young global leader by the world economic forum.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>In 2015, Olamide was also named by Forbes as one of the top 30 most promising young entrepreneurs under 30<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Olamide Orekunrin is that 29 year old British Nigerian entrepreneur who is hardworking, knows her craft and keeps studying to know more about her craft \u2026\u2026.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo credit : www.dailymail.co.uk INSPIRATION \u2013 Olamide\u2019s story\u2026. &nbsp;On a trip to Nigeria, Olamide\u2019s 12 year old sister had fallen ill She needed urgent care but the closest hospital could not deal with her condition Before Olamide\u2019s family could get an air ambulance to transport her to a suitable health centre, Olamide\u2019s sister died. 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