University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital

University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital is a federal government of Nigeria teaching hospital. The current chief medical officer is Ahmed Ahidjo. The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital was established in 1974. Then, the defunct North-East Government conceived the idea of constructing a Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, the State capital. The then Federal Military Government took over and completed the project. The first patient was admitted on 18th February, 1982, and the hospital was officially commissioned on 23rd July. 1983. Being the first, and largest Teaching Hospital in the North- East sub region of Nigeria, UMTH covers 64,773 hectares of land. It has, since inception, witnessed monumental development in infrastructure, equipment and manpower, which culminated into its current designation as " Center of Excellence " in Immunology and Infectious Diseases, by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The three(3) mandates of the UMTH are:

1) Provision of quality tertiary healthcare services in both curative and preventive medicine for people in the North- East and beyond.

2) Provision of quality training of medical and para-medical staff for the sub- region and beyond.

3) Conducting quality research into relevant health and health-related problems.

The institution is the largest hospital in Nigeria with 1305 beds spread across 27 wards with 17 clinical and 14 non-clinical departments. The hospital serves a population of more than 2.5 million in the North - East region and the neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics.

Prof. Ahmed Ahidjo is the 8th Chief Medical Director of UMTH for the past four years, from 3rd September, 2018 to Date. His one year in office, has marked enormous developmental achievements, that have left what his next four years would be in the imagination of everyone.

History
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital was inaugurated on 23 July 1983 by president Shehu Shagari. It was the first teaching hospital in the north east region.