Bisi Adeyemi
Clinic Director
Keeps the clinic running smoothly, from staffing and HMO partnerships to making sure every family leaves feeling looked after.
English, Yoruba
About us
Seventeen years on Awolowo Avenue
Maple Lantern opened in 2009 with two rooms, one doctor, one nurse and a brass lantern over the door so patients could find us after dark. The lantern is still there. So is the feeling of walking into a neighbour's front room.
Bisi Adeyemi
Clinic Director
A note from our director
A lantern does not have to be big to be useful
People often ask about our name. In the early days the electricity on our street was, let us say, creative, and the lantern over our door was how mothers found us at night with a feverish child. It became our promise: there will always be a light on, and someone inside who cares.
My job is to make sure our doctors and nurses have what they need, that the waiting room stays calm, that the pharmacy shelves hold only genuine medicines, and that every family is treated the way I would want my own mother treated.
If we ever fall short, please tell me. I am usually at the front desk in the mornings, and the kettle is usually on.
Bisi Adeyemi
Our journey
How the lantern grew
- 2009
Two rooms and a lantern
Maple Lantern opens on Awolowo Avenue with one doctor, one nurse and a waiting room of six chairs.
- 2012
Baby clinic begins
A Tuesday baby clinic starts. Within a year it is so popular that we add Thursdays too.
- 2016
Our own little lab
An in-house laboratory opens, so a malaria test or blood count no longer means a trip across town.
- 2019
The pharmacy opens
A small pharmacy, run by a registered pharmacist and stocked only from approved distributors.
- 2024
A room for mothers
The back of the building becomes a private women's clinic room, and Saturday classes for mothers-to-be begin.
Our people
The faces you will see
Our doctors are registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, our nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, and our pharmacist with the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria.
Dr. Olufunke Ajayi
Lead Doctor
MBBS (Ibadan), FMCGP
A family physician with nineteen years' experience and a gift for explaining things simply. Leads our adult, child and long-term care.
English, Yoruba
Dr. Kunle Ogunbiyi
Visiting Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
MBBS (Ibadan), FWACS
Holds our antenatal and women's clinics on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, and arranges referrals for delivery.
English, Yoruba
Comfort Oladipo
Matron & Midwife
RN, RM
A midwife for over twenty years. Runs the baby clinic, immunisations and Saturday classes, and is Mama Comfort to half the children in Bodija.
English, Yoruba, Pidgin
Pharm. Chidinma Okoro
Pharmacist
B.Pharm (Nsukka), MPCN
Runs our pharmacy, checks every prescription and will happily explain your medicines as many times as you need.
English, Igbo, Yoruba