| Federal Medical Centre, Owerri | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Owerri, Southeast Region, Imo state, Nigeria |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | General Teaching hospital |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.fthowerri.gov.ng/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Nigeria |
Federal Medical Centre, Owerri is a public health care centre located in Owerri city in Imo State, southeastern Nigeria. [1]
In 1903, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri was founded as a colonial dispensary. It was promoted to a District Hospital, then a General Hospital, before finally becoming a federal medical centre in 1995. [2]
It is a 700-bed capacity hospital. [3]
There are different departments in federal medical center owerri IMO state.
Department of nursing
Department of medicine
Department of accounting
Department of Accident and emergency
Department of heart
Department of anaesthesia
Department of health educator
Department of medical laboratory
Department of histopathology
Department of social welfare
Department of servicom
Department of Radiology
Department of physiotherapy
Department of gynecology and obstetrics
Department of pharmacy
Department of National health insurance scheme
Department of surgery
Department of orthopedic
Department of opthamology
Department of hematology
Department of clinical biochemistry
Department of family medicine
Department of Audits
Department of Boards and directorates. [4]
The current chief medical director of federal medical center owerri in imo state is Dr. Kingsley I. Achigbu. [5]
