St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos

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St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos
St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos
Geography
Location Lagos Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Coordinates 4°48′2″N6°59′55″E / 4.80056°N 6.99861°E / 4.80056; 6.99861 Coordinates: 4°48′2″N6°59′55″E / 4.80056°N 6.99861°E / 4.80056; 6.99861
Organisation
Care system Private
Services
Emergency department Yes
Helipad Yes
History
Opened1968
Links
Website www.saintnicholashospital.com
Lists Hospitals in Nigeria
Other links List of hospitals in Lagos

St. Nicholas Hospital is a private hospital located in Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded in 1968 by Moses Majekodunmi. The hospital is in a building of the same name located at 57 Campbell Street near Catholic Mission Street. It has other facilities at different locations in Nigeria. Their other locations are: St. Nicholas Hospital, Maryland, St. Nicholas Clinics, Lekki Free Trade Zone, St. Nicholas Clinics, 7b Etim Inyang Street, Victoria Island.

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Description

The hospital's 14-storey mixed-use high-rise building (St. Nicholas house) was designed by FMA Architects Ltd. The building's users includes several companies' offices with modern amenities and multilevel parking. The building is adjacent to King's College Lagos, Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos and Lagos City Hall. The hospital spans five floors of the building with an outpatient clinic and emergency services on the ground floor.

Milestones

St. Nicholas hospital has become a leading organ transplant centre in Nigeria, performing the first renal transplantation treatment, the first kidney transplant in Nigeria and the first paediatric kidney transplant in West Africa. [1]

Services

Fire incident

On 3 February 2014, 9:00 a.m. WST – At approximately 5:55 p.m. on Sunday, 2 February 2014, there was a fire on the 9th floor of the building. Urgent action was taken to extinguish the fire, the cause of which was believed to be an electrical problem. [2] [3]

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