Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital

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Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
Geography
LocationA126, Ungwan Doka 810105, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Organisation
Funding Government of Nigeria
Type Public, Multi-Specialty Teaching Hospital
Affiliated university Ahmadu Bello University
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds400
Helipad Yes
History
Opened2019
Links
Website www.abuth.gov.ng
Lists Hospitals in Nigeria

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital is a public hospital located in Zaria, Nigeria. It serves as a training institute for clinical students studying at Ahmadu Bello University. The hospital attends to both in-patients and out-patients. [1] [2] Cases treated at the hospital include malnutrition, cancer, burn victims, and COVID-19. [3] [4] [5]

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History

In 2023, the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the teaching hospital commenced the in vitro fertilisation process, with the first baby delivered on 16 May 2023 through this process, weighing 3 kg. [6]

Achievement

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital commissioned a COVID-19 centre in 2020 following the outbreak of the coronavirus. The 48-bed unit, donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, was formerly used for burn patients. Urology and kidney facilities were set up at the teaching hospital in 2022. In 2024, Hassy Haven Foundation partnered with ABUTH to provide medical care for 25 female patients at the hospital. [7] [8] [5]

Administration

Ahmed Umdagas Hamidu was appointed Chief Medical Director of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital by the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Health, in 2019 for a four-year tenure. [9] He was reappointed by Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 for an additional four-year term as Chief Medical Director of the teaching hospital. [10]

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References

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