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Olumide Femi Zakari
28 years in mental health nursing
- 🇳🇬 Kano, Kano, Nigeria
- Pioneer General Hospital
- Since 1982
- English, Yoruba
I've been a nurse for 44 years, most of them in mental health at Pioneer General Hospital in Kano. Night shifts taught me patience, and patients taught me everything else.
The thing I'm proudest of is that families usually remember my name. I paint watercolors of whatever is outside the window.
More about Olumide
I still get cards from families years later. They're pinned to my fridge.
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What gifts mean to Olumide: A gift would go toward blankets and small comforts for patients without family.
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