The University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, a Five Hundred (500) Bed Facility is one of the evolving tertiary healthcare institutions located in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (South-South) of Nigeria, West Africa. Established in 1994 as Akwa Ibom State specialist Hospital, it metamorphosed into University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) on 28th January, 2008.
The Hospital has a total of 25 Departments, comprising of 21 Clinical, 4 Non Clinical departments as well as several Support Units. As a team, we strive hard to deliver our core competences in Research, Clinical Training and Quality Tertiary Healthcare Service Delivery.
SERVICES PROVIDED
-Regular daily services obtained in General Out Patients Department (GOPD) 8am-4.00pm.
Emergency cases on twenty four hour basis through Accident and Emergency (A&E), Children Emergency Unit (CHEU) for Paediatrics cases.
CLIENTS EXPECTATIONS
24 hours service for Emergencies and In- patients
Opening hours 8.00am-4.00pm daily
Security-24hours security coverage of the hospital
The waiting time for Laboratory investigations result is not more than one hour for emergency cases.
GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM
If you have any grievances please do not hesitate to register your complaints with the desk Officer at the reception, in order for us to serve you better. There are suggestion/complaints boxes at GOPD and A&E Departments. Please kindly give your name, phone number and address for further communication. All complaints/suggestions will be duly acknowledged and addressed.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Hospital was conceived in 1994 by the Akwa Ibom State Government as the Akwa Ibom State Specialist Hospital, later renamed Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital. Clinical services started in January 22, 1996. In 1997, it was taken over by the Federal Government and further renamed Federal Medical Centre, Uyo. Following the establishment of a College of Health Sciences at the Federal University of Uyo, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in March 2001, between the Federal Ministry of Health, University of Uyo and the Hospital, making it the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. This was necessary in order to enable the students do their clinical training.
It is important to note that the instrument which accorded the Hospital the status of a full fledged Teaching Hospital was finally signed in January 28, 2008 by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.