John Bukola Apantaku

1944-2010

Vol XII

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b.27 December 1944 d.12 November 2010

MB BS Ibadan(1968) MRCP(1973) FRCP(1998)

This biography is part of a series of historical obituaries, originally published in print. As products of their time periods, some biographies contain language which is inappropriate and offensive and present biased accounts of physicians’ lives and work that do not disclose unethical and discriminatory behaviour. As an establishment organisation, the RCP, its members, and the way they are written about, have often reflected societal power structures that favour dominant groups. We aim to redress these biases through ongoing work.

Below is the biography as originally published between 2005 and 2018.

John Bukola Apantaku was a neurologist in Lagos, Nigeria. Born in Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria, he was the son of Hugh Gabriel Apantaku, a civil servant, and his wife, Ayoola, who was a nurse. From a medical family, many of his relatives were qualified in medicine. Educated at St John’s School, Ilesha and then Christ’s School, Ado-Ekri, he studied medicine at University College, Ibadan from 1963 to 1968.

Qualifying in 1968, he did house jobs at University College Hospital in Ibadan for two years before coming to the UK and working in various hospitals from 1971 to 1973. He also did further training at the University of Edinburgh at this time.

In 1975 he spent a year at the Montreal Neurological Institute before returning to Lagos and taking an appointment at the University Teaching Hospital. In 1980 he established a private hospital, the Ikeja Medical Centre in Lagos, and it is now a busy and well-respected institution.

Outside medicine he enjoyed playing table tennis.

In 1970 he married Morayo Adeola, a fellow medical practitioner, and she survived him together with their four sons.

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