University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), located in
Cross River state
Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967. The state has its capital as Calabar and is bordered to ...
, Nigeria, was established in 1979 to provide tertiary healthcare and facilitate training of undergraduate medical students at the
University of Calabar
The University of Calabar is a federal university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's second-generation federal universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. ...
, Calabar. The facility is located at
Calabar
Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area. The city is adjac ...
in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State, South South, Nigeria.
UCTH is affiliated with
University of Calabar
The University of Calabar is a federal university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's second-generation federal universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. ...
, Calabar.
Leadership
UCTH is headed by a Chief Medical Director who reports to the Minister of Health. In 2019, the
Federal Government
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appointed Prof. Ikpeme A. Ikpeme as the Chief Medical Director.
Location
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) operates in the following locations:
*UCTH Main Campus, Airport Road, Calabar
*UCTH Federal Secretariat Clinic, Murtala Mohammed (MM) Highway, Calabar
*Comprehensive Health Centre-Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River
*State.
Departments
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ·
ACCOUNTS ·
ANAESTHESIOLOGY
AUDIT
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ·
CALABAR CANCER REGISTRY ·
CHC (OKOYONG) ·
CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY
References
External links
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Teaching hospitals in Nigeria
Medical research institutes in Nigeria
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