Lagos Island General Hospital

Lagos Island General Hospital is the oldest hospital in Nigeria. It is also known as General Hospital, Lagos.

Located at 1-3, Broad Street, Odan, Lagos Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, the hospital is one of the several general hospitals of the Lagos State Government.

At the time of its establishment in 1893, it was the first general hospital in Nigeria. The pioneer staff were nationalities of the British Commonwealth. On 1 October 1960, the hospital was handed over to the Federal Government and on 7 May 1967, It was finally taken over by the Lagos State Government. The Nursing School was established in 1952.

The hospital was established as a military hospital for the treatment of ill members of the British Armed forces during the colonial era.

Services:

  • General Outpatient
  • Inpatient treatment facility
  • General Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Ophalmology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Maternity
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Paediatrics
  • Emergency Services
  • Nursing Care
  • Pharmacy
  • Pathology
  • Blood Bank (began operating at Massey Street Children Hospital for maternal cases)
  • Radiology (established 1913)
  • Chest clinic (established for the care of patients with tuberculosis.)
  • Dental Care
  • Physical Medicine
  • Medical Rehabilitation centre

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