Lagos State University Teaching Hospital
Hospital in Lagos State, Nigeria
6°35′26″N 3°20′32″E / 6.590608°N 3.342225°E / 6.590608; 3.342225Lagos 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. It was converted to a teaching hospital in July 2001.[2][3][4]
Achievements
On 12 November 2015 the first successful kidney transplant was performed in the hospital.[5][6]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Oyebade, Wole (13 November 2015). "LASUTH celebrates first kidney transplant". The Guardian. Nigeria. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "LASUTH performs first kidney transplant". Vanguard News. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2022.