Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital(NAUTH) in Nnewi Anambra State Now The Biggest Hospital In Nigeria And West Africa With 2000 Bed Capacity

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital(NAUTH) in Nnewi Anambra State Now The Biggest Hospital In Nigeria And West Africa With 2000 Bed Capacity

Since Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi moved from their temporary site to their permanent site in Umudim Nnewi two years ago,it has been all blessings for the health sector of Anambra and Nigeria.

The permanent site started functioning with just one building built by some individuals under the umbrella of Anambra Progressives with Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah convened.
For the first time,the teaching hospital went digital as everything done inside the building was automated.

The biggest blessing happened when Prof. Joseph Ugboaja was appointed as the Chief Medical Director(CMD) of the hospital.He came with so many big dreams.He promised to make Nnewi a hub for medical tourism by making Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital the biggest hospital in Nigeria.

Dr Joseph

Nobody took his big vision so serious,as everyone thought he would be like other CMDs that have come before him.

Few months down the line as a CMD and many more buildings have been set up,equipped and functional.

How did the magic happen?

Even as Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital belongs to the Federal government ,Dr Ugboaja never waited for federal budget to build projects in the hospital.He understands the power of public private partnership and he’s been making optimal use of it.

As Anambra especially Nnewi is a place blessed with so many well to do individuals,Dr Ugboaja has been strategic enough to be reaching out to the rich and wealthy people in Nnewi and Anambra,selling his dreams of making Nnewi a city of medical tourism with NAUTH to them.That was how the permanent site of the teaching hospital took a new turn.

Almost every week now, a new foundation for a new project is laid. Money is no longer the problem as funding is now coming from both private and public sectors.

Few days ago was the second anniversay of the permanent site and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital has surpassed University College Hospital in Ibadan which is 1200 bed capacity to become the biggest in Nigeria with 2000 bed capacity.
It has also become the biggest hospital in West Africa alongside Korle Blu hospital in Ghana which also has 2000 bed capacity.

This is capacity.This is excellence.