| Lagos State University Teaching Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 6°35′26″N 3°20′32″E / 6.590608°N 3.342225°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Lagos State University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Specialty | Research, General hospital Pediatric Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynecology, General Surgery, Heart Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orthopedics, Maxillofacial Surgery, ENT, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Neurology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory Medicine, Pathology, Radiology, Fertility Medicine, |
| History | |
| Opened | 1955 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Nigeria |
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital popularly known as LASUTH is a state-owned teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, attached to the Lagos State University. It is in Ikeja – the state's capital.[1]
LASUTH also shares structures with the College of Medicine, Lagos State University. The hospital was established in 1955 from a small cottage health centre by the Old western region. The hospital was later redesigned entirely post independence by Onafowokan Michael Olutusen in the year 1972, it was named Ikeja general hospital. It was converted to a teaching hospital in July 2001.[2][3][4]
- ^ "Contact Us". www.lasuth.org.ng. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "ABOUT LASUTH". 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Improvements in LASUTH have put Lagos on the global health map- Oke, CMD LASUTH". Vanguard News. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Improvements in LASUTH have put Lagos on the global health map- Oke, CMD LASUTH". Vanguard News. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.