Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital
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| Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 99 Ureje, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 7°36′30.3732″N 5°15′18.8665″E / 7.608437000°N 5.255240694°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Private, Multi-Specialty Teaching Hospital |
| Affiliated university | Afe Babalola University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 400 |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Links | |
| Website | amsh |
| Lists | Hospitals in Nigeria |
Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital is a private hospital in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It serves as a training institute for clinical students studying at Afe Babalola University.[1]
It was commissioned in 2017 as a 400-bed building by Yemi Osinbajo, the former vice president of Nigeria, to serve as Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital.[2] The hospital is accredited by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and the National Universities Commission (NUC).[3] In 2019, the hospital recorded its first heart surgery, which was carried out by Tayo Adeleke and Paul Davies, a US-based cardiologist.[4] The teaching hospital carried out its first kidney transplant, a procedure which lasted five hours was performed on a 46-year old man with hypertension and kidney failure in 2021.[5]