Lagos University Teaching Hospital

, the chief medical director of the hospital is Professor Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo. Locations There are four locations of LUTH located through Lagos State. The main campus is located in Idi-Arabia, with the supplementary and specialist clinics located elsewhere. The locations of LUTH are as follows: • LUTH Psychiatry Clinic, Yaba Departments LUTH has eight major departments. Within these departments, there are sub-departments and specialist units. The main departments are: ==Description==

LUTH is the largest teaching hospital in Nigeria, with 761 beds. It serves about 25 million people in Lagos State. The teaching hospital trains students of the University of Lagos College of Medicine in the medical, dental, pharmacology and other departments. ==Facilities and units==

Intensive care unit (ICU) One of the main facilities within the Lagos University Teaching Hospital is the intensive care unit, which was established in September 1963. The unit serves as the first line of care for patients with serious to life-threatening conditions or injuries. It is a compact 10-bed unit. This number has significantly grown since a study conducted between 1963 and 1973 where the teaching hospital had constantly fluctuating and low numbers due to high staff turnover. Some of the most common conditions treated in the ICU unit include severe tetanus, neurological conditions, burn injuries, and obstetric conditions. Neonatal unit The neonatal unit is located within the LUTH Department of Pediatrics. It has a capacity of 80 newborns. On the average, the neonatal unit handles about 2500 deliveries per year. The unit also has a referral rate of 200 per month for cases beyond LUTH's capabilities. The equipment available on the neonatal unit are incubators, phototherapy devices including bilirubinometer and irradiometer machines, multiparameter monitors, pulse oximeters, apnoea monitors, piped air/oxygen, blood gas analyzers, and bubble CPAP machine with blenders and high-flow facility. The neonatal unit also has access to pharmaceuticals, microbiology facilities and a chemistry laboratory, social welfare facilities and pathology for blood examination. Cancer Aware Nigeria oversaw the project to improve LUTH's equipment and reopened the facility in December 2015. The project had six major aims. These were to provide "internal and external radiotherapy services", service over 3000 patients, provide the facilities to train extra staff, improve the waiting time to receive treatment, help to fund the development of LUTH and finally reduce the number of patients having to travel overseas to find medical attention. President Muhammad Buhari, who commissioned the refurbishment of the Cancer Treatment Centre commented on 9 February 2019; "Today’s commissioning, is in part, the fulfilment of our commitment to Nigerians for quality, affordable and accessible healthcare". The treatment center also was re-equipped with new technology. These included three linear Accelerators, brachytherapy machine and treatment planning systems. ==History==

The Commission on post-secondary education in Nigeria was established by the Nigerian Federal Minister of Education in April 1959, and was conducted by Sir Ashby. Cabinet decision determined that improvements needed to be made to Nigeria's health and medical industry. The investigation concluded that "teaching staff of proper quality is the first step in any effort to train skilled manpower". ==Education==

The partnership between the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos and Lagos University Teaching Hospital provides several degrees to medical students. The most common is the Bachelor of Science. Within this degree, students specialize in physiotherapy, pharmacology, nursing, radiography, medical laboratory science, medicine and dentistry. LUTH offers both medicine and dentistry. Students can study in both these faculties which enables them to develop good experience. Education within LUTH is divided up into different departments. These departments are: • School of Nursing (SON) • School of Medical and Psychiatry Social Work (SMPSW) • Community Health Officers Training School (CHOTS) • Federal School of Biomedical Engineering (FSBE) - ND • School of Health Information Management (SHIM) • School of Anesthetic Technician (SAT) • School of Post Basic Nursing (SPBN) • School of Midwifery (SOM) ==Harvard Global Health Research Projects==

The Harvard Global Health Institute is the overarching organization for most of the health initiatives active within the Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the wider health industry in Nigeria. Its mission is to address the most "vexing challenges in human health" by using "innovative, evidence-based, collaborative visions" in partnership with hospitals and the public health industry. AIDS Prevention In Nigeria (APIN) The Harvard Global Health Institute works closely with LUTH through the APIN Program, to research and investigate modern treatments for HIV/AIDS. LUTH is a supporter of the project, participating in the health initiative to improve patient care. There is also an APIN clinic located at LUTH as a part of the teaching hospital. The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) helps to fund the project and the first grant of $1.7 million was donated in 2008 to fast track the results of the initiative. The project states that their mission is to "provide cutting edge, innovative and sustainable approaches to address…public health" so that Nigeria may improve "program management, service delivery, capacity building, research, strategic information and advocacy in partnership with other stakeholders". The initiative now assists approximately a quarter of people with HIV in Nigeria and provides antiretroviral care to more than 266,000 patients in 570 states in Nigeria. It now has a budget of more than $120 million and is undergoing the implementation of a partnership with the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention. There are three main areas which are emphasized in the curriculum. These are: HIV research and training, community medicine and education of public health in Nigeria and finally genomics of infectious disease. The aim is to revise the infrastructure available to students so that education in these three areas can be improved. As of 2015, the funding for this project was US$641,000. The project commenced in 2015 and is ongoing. ==Energy management==

The 5.8MW capacity independent power plant was commissioned on 7 December 2017 to secure reliable energy to the teaching hospital. The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the organisation also behind the Cancer Development Centre, partnered with LUTH to organise the power plant, and it served as the main funder of the project. Tade Adeyeye, the head of business development at CET Power Project Ltd, headed the company supplying the independent power plant. He observed that to function seamlessly, the powerplant would be required. The chief executive officer, managing director and member of NSIA, Uche Orji, inaugurated the project. He commented that the Independent power plant would be the first of its kind in Nigeria. "We are powering the entire LUTH community, which is a size of a village. The capacity of the plant can power a small community ensuring 24 hours supply" (Uche Orji). The power plant incorporates a combination of gas technology and modern fire-fighting facilities to ensure its suitability and reliability for LUTH. The implementation of the power plant ensures constant power and energy to the hospital facility as well as the wider units. Reliable power will be especially useful for cancer treatment equipment, allowing it to fully functional at all times. ==Funding problems==

SERAP report The Social-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) is a non-governmental organisation established in 2004 aiming to draw attention to transgressions of human rights. It uses the UDHR to encourage the Nigerian government to honour the basic needs and values of its citizens. SERAP made public on 16 September 2018, that the conditions of LUTH were not per the spending allocations granted to the teaching hospital. SERAP addressed the minister of health, Professor Isaac Adewole asking him to "provide information about details of actual spending of allocations to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, and other 20 federal teaching hospitals and 20 federal medical centres across the country, for the period covering 2010 to 2017". The letter noted that "despite huge budgetary allocations, many of the teaching hospitals and medical centres under the direct control of your ministry have been left to fall apart and health care facilities in many of these hospitals lack even the most basic of amenities". Further specific information regarding the condition of LUTH was provided such as the condition of amenities and infrastructure. Flooding and drainage problems As of 2018, the main entrance of LUTH frequently experienced flooding. This issue is partly due to the lack of funds available to upgrade the entrance to protect it from the rainy season. As a result, entry to the teaching hospital is limited. Infrastructure Due to insufficient funds to upgrade the building materials used at LUTH, the three-storey building has peeling paint, worn-out doors and roofing, and out-of-order amenities. However, the Accident and Emergency Unit was recently renovated and does not have these issues. Over capacity The SERAP report also noted that there are not sufficient waiting areas to combat the overcrowding of LUTH. For example, waiting areas for mothers in the paediatric ward were not sufficient. The same problem was noted in the gynaecology ward. Other overcrowding problems that were noted were the insufficient neonatal incubators for premature babies. Bedsheets were also noted to be in short supply. ==See also==