About Us

The Hospital has a Management Board, which is statutorily charged with the general policy formulation and governance of the hospital. The Chief Medical Director, who is also the Chief Executive of the Teaching Hospital, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the hospitals affairs. He is assisted by two Directors; the Director of Clinical Services and Training who is also the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee and Director of Administration.

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital belongs to the second (2nd) generation of Teaching Hospitals in the country. The Hospital came into existence on 2nd of May 1980 along with five other hospitals located in Jos, Calabar, Sokoto, Maiduguri and Port Harcourt.
Temporary Site and Lease Agreement The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital took off in July 1980 and started its operations using as its temporary site, the Ilorin General and Maternity hospitals, which were owned by the Kwara State Government. The formal release of the two hospitals to the Management Board of this Teaching Hospital was done on 1st September 1981 when a lease agreement was signed between the Federal Ministry of Health and the Kwara State Government. The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital remained in these two old sites (General Wing was built in 1955 and Maternity Hospital Wing was built in 1937) till early 2009 when gradual relocation to the Permanent Site commenced. Full movement to the Permanent site from the General Hospital Wing was completed in mid 2010. However the training Schools of the Hospital are presently occupying the Maternity wing.
PERMANENT SITE OF THE HOSPITAL The contract for the construction of the 13 phased Permanent Site of the hospital was awarded by the Federal Government in 1981. The contract commenced on the 13th of April 1981 but the project was abandoned when it reached only 33% completion stage on 20th December 1985. In August 2000, construction work resumed at the Permanent Site and Building One (1) was constructed then.
This Hospital is privileged to be one of the 8 Teaching Hospitals in the country to have benefitted from $8 million VAMED Engineering Co. Ltd. Medical Equipment supply which was a key health project of the Obasanjo Administration. To this end, building six (6) comprising the Radiology Department and the main Theatre became the next priority. This is because the VAMED project required that physical infrastructures should be put in place before the installation of various equipment. The Federal Government also, approved contracts for the pre-installation works to be carried out at the Permanent Site of the Hospital. This involved the completion of the space required and the provision of mechanical and electrical services for Building six built to house Radiology complex, 8 operating theatres, and an ICU. Through the VAMED Project, UITH became a recipient of state-of- the-art Radio-diagnostic, Surgical, Medical and laboratory equipment.

This Hospital has three Comprehensive Health Centres under its control. Presently, the three Health Centres are funded by the Federal Government but the first two (2) were attached to each Teaching Hospital as part of its basic Health Care Services under the Fourth National Development plan, 1981-1985.
Our Comprehensive Health Centres are:
i. Comprehensive Health Centre, Esie:
This is a 35-bedded Health centre under the Management of this Hospital. It is located at Esie in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State and it is about 45km away from Ilorin. It is a centre for active Primary Health Care services. It was commissioned in 1983.
ii. Comprehensive Health Centre, Ihima, Kogi State:This is another 35 bedded Health Centre being managed by this Teaching Hospital. It is located at Ihima, in Ihima Local Government area of Kogi State. It is about 365km away from Ilorin and it has been playing a notable role in meeting the Health Care needs of that densely populated area of Kogi state since it started functioning in 1987. It has not been formally commissione
iii. Muslim Ummah Hospital Centre, Kishi Oyo State:This is another 86 bedded Health centre being managed by this Teaching Hospital. It is located at Kishi in Irepo Local Government area of Oyo State. It is about 110km away from Ilorin and it is playing notable role in meeting the Health Care needs of the people in the local government area of Oyo State.

The objectives for which the Hospital was set up are:
i. To Train Medical and Paramedical Personnel
ii. To deliver Health Care Services
iii.To serve as referral Centre for other Hospitals around and
iv.To conduct researches

The former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Commissioned the Permanent Site of the Hospital on Friday 25th May, 2007.
Immediately after the commissioning, the Management went into action by setting up a Committee to fine tune the logistics for movement to the Permanent Site. The movement of the offices of the two Directors was effected and all the Consultants Clinics followed with full operation at the Permanent Site.
The entire Hospital community finally moved in phases, to the Permanent Site in 2010. There is provision of uninterrupted water and electricity supply at the site.

Vision: To transform University of llorin Teaching Hospital to be the hub of quality and standard healthcare service delivery in Africa by the year 2019, a player in the delivery of quality healthcarc service globally and expand the frontiers of the hospital in healthcare delivery by the year 2021.
Mission: This is to be attained through provision of quality and standard healthcare delivery that is second to none in Africa by the year 2019, and one of the global healthcare service institutions by the year 2021 regardless of clients statuses or creeds through quality researches, training (capacity building, manpower development and staff motivation) and services. Creation of industrial harmony in the hospital among health unions, stakeholders, as well as bolstering of staff dedication to duty; Providing high degrees of service satisfaction to our clients as well as job satisfaction to staff; Partnering locally, nationally and internationally with reputable organisations (through PPP); Attracting funds from entrepreneurs and stakeholders of high repute; Operation of clients-centred administration where the clients are KINGS; And the deployment of state-of-the art, hi-tech equipments for the management (diagnoses, treatments & follow-ups) of clients, to create a WORLD CLASS HEALTH INSTITUTION.

(a) Provide functional and efficient health service in multi-professional and multi-disciplinary Team.
(b) Provide quality care by responding to the patients total health need with integrated, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services and considering the patients as integral part of a family and the community.
(c) Offer an efficient and sustainable care system that is prompt, precise and comprehensive in a friendly atmosphere with adequate feedback mechanisms to meet customers needs and expectation.
(d) Provide a healthy environment for the delivery of health care services as an adjunct to promoting healing and improved care outcome.
(e) Pursue training of medical manpower through the provision of incentives, impacting motivational knowledge and skill enhancement for services staff.
(f) To engage in task-oriented training programmes for all staff.
(g) Promote an environment for research in the overall interest of the patient.
(i) To promote staff welfare in all its ramifications.

This Hospital is certificated as Institutional member of the society for Telemedicine and Health in Nigeria (SFTEHIN). SFTEHIN is the national representative members of the International Society for Telemedicine and Health. It is a multidisciplinary composition with various membership categories to bring together the various experts in health care and ICT in Nigeria in order to breach the gap between them. This however enables the society to identity the areas of helping institutions in terms of telemedicine development. Accordingly, educational opportunities are available internationally through the society�s partners and opportunity of collaborating with other institutions that have developed telemedicine.

• VIP Ward

It is a ward with, exclusive and luxuriously furnished private rooms with dedicated facilities, staff and unique procedures.

• Amenity ward within the VIP Ward

For the comfort of the higher � middle income clients requiring in-patient care during pregnancy

• Family Executive Care Unit (FECU)

This is Retainership facility for family & corporate organizations.

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

It is a specialized hospital facility where critically ill-patients are treated. The UITH ICU has ventilators, constant Oxygen, monitors and specially trained team of ICU experts. 

• Accident & Emergency Unit (A&E)

It is the most strategically located Emergency Unit between ABUTH, Zaria and UCH, Ibadan i.e. the North & the South. It offers a wide range of medical and surgical interventions.

• Emergency Paediatric Unit (EPU)
• Renal Care Centre: It is equipped with 3 dialysis machines and possessing one of the latest technologies in Haemodialysis.
• Cardia Pulmonary Assessment Unit

Equipped with Echocardiography, treadmill, ECG and spirometry.

• Fetal Monitoring Unit

Based in the labour and delivery Unit and fitted with Ultra sound machine and cardiotocograph which allows for foetal assessment in pregnancy.

• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

It is a level Iib type of NICU and it operates on the basis of appropriate technology. UITH NICU has pioneered many innovative equipment in the care of the newborn. Pre-term babies from 700 grams are conveniently managed in this unit.

• Establishment of Fertility Centre (IVF)

The Unit is establishment with the Primary aim of providing succor to couple having challenges with conception. The Unit will provide services such as intrauterine, Invitro fertilization (IVF) intracytoplamic soerin hyection (ICSI) cryopreservation of semen, cryopreservation of Embryo, semen analysis, Laparascopic surgery and Endocrinological Analysis, amongst others.

• Trauma centre

A philanthropist and legal luminary, Mallam Yusuf Alli recently donated a Trauma centre to the hospital.

The centre which is a 10 bedded Trauma centre equipped with (2) two ventilators and individual patient Monitors, was Commissioned on September 21^st, 2012 and it became operational on November 4^th, 2012. The centre has been well utilized for critical Trauma and Neo surgical cases.

 Building one (1)

This consists of the following:

1. 20 bedded Renal Care Centre
2. Consultants Clinics
3. 20 Bedded Emergency Paediatric Unit (EPU)
4. Cardio Pulmonary Unit (CPU)
5. Pharmacy Unit.
6. Medical Records Unit
7. Physiotherapy Unit
8. ICT Unit
9. Office & Reception
10.Revenue Unit

Building two (2)

The building is referred to as Family Medicine department with different Units.

The Units are as follows:

1. Pharmacy Unit
2. Dressing Room (1)
3. Injection Room (1)
4. Triage room (1)
5. Phlebotomy Unit (1)
6. Revenue pay Unit (2)
7. Paediatrics Unit (1)
8. Adolescent Clinic (1)
9. Well Adult Clinic
10. Observation room with 2 beds
11. Doctors call room
12. Seminar room
13. Family and Executive Care Unit
14. Male Adult Clinic
15. Female Adult Clinic
16. Nurses room
17. Dental clinic
18. Library room
19. Procedure room
20. Health Records Unit (Adult & Children.)

Building three

The building is referred to as Accident and Emergency Unit. The sections therein are as follows:

1. Surgical cubicle - 17 beds
2. Surgical mini ward - 13 beds
3. Medical Cubicle - 16 beds
4. Medical Mini Ward - 14 beds

Building (3)b

The building has the following:
1. Physiotherapy Department
2. Infection Control Unit
3. Social Welfare Unit
4. Epid Unit.

Building four (4)

The VIP ward is located in Building 4. It has the following:-

(i) 40 Nos VIP Rooms
(ii) Rest Rooms, Offices, and Nurses station.

Some of the rooms are however being used as offices for some staff of the Hospital

Building five (5)

It consists of the following:

1. (ENT) Department/Clinic
2. Ophthalmology Department/Clinic.
3. Haematology Laboratory Department
4. Chemical Pathology Laboratory Department
5. Microbiology Laboratory Department.

Building six (6)

It consists of

(a) Radiology Department

The Department has the following equipment:

i. C. T. Scan
ii. Mammography
iii. Fluoroscopy
iv. C Arm Fluoroscopy
v. General Radiography Machine
vi. Mobile X-Ray (C-arm)
vii. Ultrasound
viii. Automatic Film Processor machine
ix.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine

(b) Operating Theatres and Intensive Care Unit

The Operating theatres and Intensive Care Unit are located on the first floor of Building 6.
There are:

(i) 8 Nos Operating Theatres (five of which have been equipped by VAMED: the three others are to be equipped by the hospital).
(ii) Five bedded Intensive Care Unit with two burn beds
(iii) CSSD � (Central Sterilization Supply Department)
(c) Other Units in Building 6 are:

1. NHIS Unit.
2. Operation Pack Unit.
3. Staff Clinic/Health Information Unit.
4. Ophthalmology unit.
5. Pharmacy Unit.

Building (7)

Located in this building are;
1. Children Paediatric ward which consists of
(i) 30 bed ward for children under 5 years
(ii) 30 bed ward for older children
(iii) Diarrhea Treatment Unit
(iv) Officers call rooms, treatment room and seminar Room

Other wards and units in building 7 are

(i) Ante-Natal and Family Planning Clinic
(ii) 32 bed Post �Natal and 32 bed Post-Natal Surgical wards
(iii) 32 bed Pre-Natal ward
(iv) Nutrition Unit
(v) Revenue Unit
(vi)Health Records Unit.

Building (8)

This has the following:

(1) The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). There are also offices, Seminar Room, Rest Room and Foetal Assessment Unit in the Building.
(2) Gynae Emergency and Gynae Ward.
(3) 2 Nos Obstetric Theatre with support facilities
(4) 10 bed Labour ward with 2 delivery suites
(5) 64 bed Female Medical ward
(6) O&G Laboratory Unit
(7) Medical Social Services Unit
(8) Health Records Unit.
(9) Foetal Assessment Unit
(10) Offices, seminar and rest rooms
Building (9)
It has the following wards:
(i) 64 bed Male Surgical ward
(ii) 64 bed Female Surgical ward.
(iii) Offices, call rooms, treatment rooms and seminar room for each floor
(iv)64 bed Male Medical ward.
(v) ENT Ward
(vi) Ophthalmology

Building 10

This building has in it;

(i) Morbid Anatomy (Pathology) Department and
(ii) Mortuary

The Mortuary is located in the basement of this Building 10 . The main morgue rook has been completed and a 42 body morgue installed by VAMED Engineering is awaiting energisation. The mortuary complex consists of the following:-
(i) 42 body main morgue (already installed by VAMED)
(ii) 12 body mini morgue
(iii) Museum room, embalmment room, dissection room
(iv) Offices and other ancillary facilities.