The University of Benin Teaching Hospital

In fourty five years of its existence, UBTH has established and maintained so many schools, these are: UBTH School of Nursing, which has also existed and it's known to have produced competent Nurses. There is also the school of Midwifery, which recently received an award from Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for academic excellence. Others include, the School of Post Basic Nursing Studies, Centre for Training Community Health Officers in Ekpoma and recently, UBTH Group of Schools, School of Health Information Technology, School of information Management to mention a few. The UBTH as at date, laid the ground work to break into new areas of sub-specialties as contained in the UBTH vision 2010. The bone Marrow Transplantation, intensive new-born care, recently knee Cap replacement, Laboratory, are the works to transform the hospital to a first class Teaching Hospital, providing quality health care delivery. As one of the Old Generation Teaching Hospital in the Country, The UBTH has served as a Tertiary Federal Hospital and Centre of Excellence over years, it has indeed served as the last port of call for expert management of most disesed conditions in this part of the country serving in this capacity, its catchment's area covering Edo, Delta and the neighboring Ondo, Anambra, Kogi and Other states. Since inception, the Hospital has been headed by five provost/ Chief Medical Directors, the first being Prof. J. A Ayanru, [1978-1981], Prof. N.O. Osamo [1981-1984], Prof. J.A. Omene, [1984-1985], Prof. J. C. Ebie, a renowned and Prof. Eugene Okpere, an Obstetrician-Gynaecologist, [2004 -2008], Prof. M. O. Ibadin, [2009-till date. The giant strides recorded by the present Chief Medical Director Prof. M.O Ibadin as evidence by structures and facilities presently on ground earned him a second tenure.