| University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital | |
| State: | Borno |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Affiliation: | University of Maiduguri |
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital is a federal government of Nigeria teaching hospital.[1] The current chief medical officer is Ahmed Ahidjo.The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital was established in 1974. Then, the defunctNorth-East Government conceived the idea of constructing a Specialist Hospital inMaiduguri, the State capital. The then Federal Military Government took over andcompleted the project. The first patient was admitted on 18 February 1982, and the hospitalwas officially commissioned on 23 July. 1983. Being the first, and largest Teaching Hospital inthe North- East sub region of Nigeria, UMTH covers 64,773 hectares of land. It has, sinceinception, witnessed monumental development in infrastructure, equipment and manpower,which culminated into its current designation as " Center of Excellence " in Immunology andInfectious Diseases, by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The three(3) mandates of the UMTH are:
1) Provision of quality tertiary healthcare services in both curative and preventive medicine forpeople in the North- East and beyond.
2) Provision of quality training of medical and para-medical staff for the sub- region and beyond.
3) Conducting quality research into relevant health and health-related problems.
The institution is the largest hospital in Nigeria with 1305 beds spread across 27 wards with 17 clinical and 14 non-clinicaldepartments. The hospital serves a population of more than 2.5 million in the North - East regionand the neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics.
Prof. Ahmed Ahidjo is the 8th Chief Medical Director of UMTH for the past four years, from 3rdSeptember, 2018 to Date.His one year in office, has marked enormous developmental achievements, that have left whathis next four years would be in the imagination of everyone.[1]
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital was inaugurated on 23 July 1983 by president Shehu Shagari. It was the first teaching hospital in the north east region.[1]