5 Ishola Ayodele (ayonitemi034) - 4 months ago
The University College hospital (UCH) was located in Ibadan, the largest city in West Africa which is also the seat of the first University in Nigeria.
The physical development of the Hospital commenced in 1953 in its present site and was formally commissioned after completion on 20 November 1957.
The University College Hospital, Ibadan was initially commissioned with 500-bed spaces.
Currently, the hospital has 850 bed spaces and 163 examination couches with occupancy rates ranging from 55-60%.
The hospital had two clinical Departments (Medicine and Surgery).
However, the hospital has evolved to accommodate about 65 Departments among which is the first Department of Nuclear Medicine in Nigeria.
In addition to undergraduate medical programme (Based in the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan), the UCH also provides for: Postgraduate Residency Training Programmes in all specialties of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics u0026 Gynecology, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesia, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Laboratory Medicine, Psychiatry, Community Medicine, Family Medicine, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Neurological Surgery and Dentistry.
The University College Hospital also provides diploma /professional programmes in the School of Health Records u0026 Statistics, Environmental Health Officers Tutors Course; Primary Health tutors Course, Nurse/Midwife/Public Health Nurse, Nurse Tutors Course, Post registration Courses in nursing e.g. Peri Operative nursing and Occupational Health Nursing.