Eko Hospital
| Eko Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Establishment of EkoCorp PLC | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | Private |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| History | |
| Founded | 1982 |
The Eko Hospital is a private hospital located at Ikeja with annex in Ikoyi, Central Lagos, Surulere, Lagos State Nigeria.[1] This hospital was established in 1982 to succeed Mercy Specialist Clinic, a clinic that operated in the late 1970s to provide health care services to the entire people of Lagos State, Nigeria.[2] Eko hospital provides a wide range of health services, including secondary services for its local population, regional as well as national health services.[3] Eko hospital, is the first private hospital to be quoted on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange[4]
Facilities
Eko hospital has an annex at Ikeja consisting of about 130 beds space with the basic medical equipment for conducting series of diagnostic test.[5][6] The Surulere annex is a 40-bed Secondary health care facility.[7] Other diagnostic equipment includes:
- Audiometry Unit, where series of hearing test are conducted to enhance the identification of the threshold levels.[8]
- Dialysis Unit, for the diagnosis and treatment of Kidney
- Medical Laboratory, for the diagnosis of various infections and diseases.
- A blood bank for the storage and preservation of donated blood for emergency purpose[9]
- Physiotherapy Unit to provides a comprehensive service to hospital inpatients,
- Radiotherapy Equipment.
- Pathology Laboratory
- Psychiatric Testing
- Comprehensive Health Screening
- CT Scan Computerised Coaxial
- Angiography
- Prostate Screening
- Tomography
- Intensive Care Unit
- Fertility Centre (In Vitro Fertilisation Unit)
- Radiotherapy Equipment.
References
- ↑ "PHOTONEWS: Fire Outbreak Hits Eko Hospital In Lagos". Sahara Reporters.
- ↑ "Lagos' Eko Hospital battles for own life as founders engage in fierce legal tussle". Premium Times Nigeria.
- ↑ "EKO Hospital In Ruins + Diagnoses Man To Be Three Months Pregnant - Global News".
- ↑ "EKOcorp's profits surge 22.13% on reduced costs".
- ↑ "Fire guts EKO Hospital room". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26.
- ↑ "EKO hospital tackles 'silent killers'". Vanguard News.
- ↑ http://m.dailytimes.com.ng/article/eko-hospital-delivers-quadruplet-delivery-through-ivf
- ↑ "EKO Hospital Committed to Improve Health Care Services, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20.
- ↑ "Breaking News: Eko Hospital On Fire". thenigerianvoice.com.
