Lagos State University Teaching Hospital | |
Location: | Ikeja, Lagos State |
Country: | Nigeria |
Coordinates: | 6.5906°N 3.3422°W |
Type: | Teaching |
Funding: | Public |
Specialty: | Research, General hospitalPediatric 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, |
Emergency: | Yes |
Opened: | 1955 |
Affiliation: | Lagos State University |
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. It was converted to a teaching hospital in July 2001.[2] [3] [4]
On 12 November 2015 the first successful kidney transplant was performed in the hospital.[5] [6]