Apenisa Kurisaqila
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Apenisa Neori Kurisaqiia | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the House of the Representative of Fiji | |
| Preceded by | Miiltoni Leweniqila |
| Succeeded by | Epeli Nailatikau |
| Minister for Health and Social Welfare | |
| In office 1987–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 13, 1933 Sigatoka, Fiji |
| Education | Central Medical School |
| Occupation | medical officer, politician |
Apenisa Neori Kurisaqiia (November 13, 1933) is a Fijian medical officer and politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Fiji from 1992 to 2000 and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare from 1987 to 1989.
Apenisa was born in Naduri, Nagrida Fiji. He attended the Cuvu Tikina School in 1941 and Convent Catholic School Levuka, he went to Lelean Memorial School for his high school in 1949 and from 1953 to 1958, he obtained a medical diploma in Surgery and Medicine from the Central Medical School then for a one-year internship at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in 1960. He did a postgraduate studies research in UK in 1975, the Institute of Child Health in London and School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool.[citation needed]
Medical career
He started working in 1961 as a medical officer at the Naiiaga Rural Hospital until 1962 he moved to Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva as a medical officer. He also works at the Savusavu Hospital, Province of Cakaudrove in 1962 to 1963, Nadi Hospital in 1969 and Lautoka Hospital in 1970 as medical officer, he was posted back to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in June 1970 and became senior medical officer in 1973 and in 1976 as Consultant Pediatrician both in the Colonial War Memorial Hospital.
He had a postgraduate studies for Maternal and Child Health in the Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth and Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia in 1971.[1]