Chief Gregory Ibe, Ph.D OFR, the Onye of Abia State, Is a consummate philanthropist and healthcare giver, the medical arm of Gregory University, Uturu emerged from the fact that Ibe chose to attend to the healthcare needs of the aged including his father 94 and his uncle 104 both of whom have survived the stress of old age because of a loving and caring son. He is also asking the Federal Government to sit up and be more caring towards the needs of the elderly from 60 upwards.

Th Onye Abia, observed back home that people were dying and life expectancy was low. So he decided to provide hope for the hopeless in Nigeria starting with healthcare for the aged. At the graduate school his MSc programme was on healthcare management and the thesis was on longevity starting with his community in Uturu.

What prompted this gesture was his observation since 1991 that rather than people elongating their age they were dying with a poor life expectancy rate. The idea came to him that it was possible to turn this around and add say 10 to 20 more years to their ages by providing them with a better healthcare management.

Take his father Chief Ibe who is currently 94. He did not leave him to die of prostate but followed the illness regimentally. He has an uncle who is 104 who is also receiving an excellent healthcare attention. According to chief Greg , once a man or woman is 60 and above, there is need to provide a healthcare kit that will drive the individual to a goal of attaining 80 and above and in excellent spirit. In attaining this goal in his village, he had to set up a hospital for the people. There was emphasis on treating and inoculating the people against tuberculosis, an airborne disease that is very infectious.

Chief said nobody takes adequate care of it in our country unlike in the US where from primary to college level it is a major issue by way of inoculation. In Nigeria, the opposite is the case. In terms of immune breakdown, tuberculosis ranks next to HIV. The first thing done in US is to get everyone inoculated and the attention they give to it will save so many souls that would have died through ignorance and lack of care. Sometimes immune failure comes from tuberculosis before HIV.

That is why at Gregory University Teaching Hospital Uturu; they carry out free surgery and bring in doctors to help the sick.

Thank You.
Gregory Joe MHSC

Good bless him!

Chukwu Okike gozie ala Igbo.