University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital

University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
Geography
Location	Maiduguri, Northern, Borno, Nigeria
Coordinates	11°49′39″N13°10′51″E / 11.8274°N 13.1809°E / 11.8274; 13.1809
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Teaching hospital
Affiliated university	University of Maiduguri
Services
Emergency department	Available
History
Construction started	1974
Links
Website	https://www.umth.gov.ng/
Lists	Hospitals in Nigeria

• 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 defunct North-East Government conceived the idea of constructing a Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, the State capital. The then Federal Military Government took over and completed the project. The first patient was admitted on 18 February 1982, and the hospital was officially commissioned on 23 July. 1983. Being the first, and largest Teaching Hospital in the North- East sub region of Nigeria, UMTH covers 64,773 hectares of land. It has, since inception, witnessed monumental development in infrastructure, equipment and manpower, which culminated into its current designation as " Center of Excellence " in Immunology and Infectious Diseases, by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

History

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. ^[2]

Overview

The institution is the largest hospital in Nigeria with 1305 beds spread across 27 wards with 17 clinical and 14 non-clinical departments. The hospital serves a population of more than 2.5 million in the North - East region and the neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics.

CMS

Prof. Ahmed Ahidjo is the 8th Chief Medical Director of UMTH for the past four years, from 3rd September, 2018 to Date. His one year in office, has marked en ^[3] ormous developmental achievements, that have left what his next four years would be in the imagination of everyone. ^[1]

Former CMD of the Teaching hospital Are;

• Pro. George Edinson 1979 - 1980
• pro. Harold Scarbrough 1980- 1983
• Pro. Suleiman langudoye 1984 - 1985
• Pro. Idris Mohammed 1985 - 1994
• Pro. Abba Waziri Adam 1994 - 2002
• Pro. Utman Kiyari 2002 - 2010
• Prof.prof Abdurahamon Tahir 2010- 2018 ^[4]

Department

The departments in the hospital, are of;

Clinical department

• Department of surgery
• Department of opthermology
• Department of pharmacy
• Department of ENT
• Department of paedratics
• Department of dentistry
• Department of immunology
• Department of Hematology
• Department of Radiology
• Department of physiotherapy
• Department of internal medicine
• Department of health information management
• Department of family medicine
• Department of orthopedic and trauma management
• Department of clinical oncology
• Department of nursing science
• Department of mental health
• Department of anesthesia
• Department of Radiotherapy
• Department of histopathology
• Department of medical Microbiology
• Department of chemical pathology ^[5]

Non clinical department are

• office of the CMD
• Information communication Technology
• Administration department
• Internal audits department
• Finance department
• Store and supplies department
• Engineering department
• Catering department
• Protocol department
• Environmental health department
• Social welfare department ^[6]

Donation

Borno State government donated to the medical facility in other to improve the damaged in infrastructure of the Teaching hospital caused by the flood that occurs in borno state in September 2024. ^[7]

Intervention

The house of representative in Nigeria has call upon the federal government of Nigeria for urgent intervention to the federal teaching hospital maiduguri,due to the damages caused to the hospital by the heavy flood that occurred in the state,when the Alau Dam collapsed in September 2024.

Renovation

The federal government of Nigeria through the ministry of health partner with the borno state government to renovate the damaged infrastructure in the hospital. ^[8]

Reference

1. Online, Tribune (29 August 2019). "Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, ICRC Construct N1.5bn Physical Rehabilitation Centre". Nigerian Tribune . Retrieved 26 May 2022.
2. Wande, S.-Davies (2019-08-29). "Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, ICRC construct N1.5bn physical rehabilitation centre". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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4. "University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital". www.umth.gov.ng. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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8. Okoye, Francis (2024-10-10). "UMTH: FG Partners Borno To Reconstruct, Replace Facilities Damaged By Flood" . Retrieved 2025-04-01.