BRIEF HISTORY OF IRRUA
SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL (FORMERLY OTIBHOR OKHA TEACHING HOSPITAL), IRRUA.Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (formerly Otibhor Okhae
Teaching Hospital), Irrua was Established by Decree 92 of 1993 (Appendix I) to
provide tertiary Health Care Delivery Services to the people of Edo State and
beyond. The Decree among other things provided for a Board of Management for the
hospital with the statutory responsibility of policy formulation for the
hospital.
The hospital is located in Irrua, Edo Central Senatorial
District, along the Benin-Abuja highway at about 87 kilometers north of Benin
City, the Edo State Capital (Appendix II). The Location of the Hospital on the
Benin-Abuja highway has positioned it to become a notable Centre for the
Treatment of Accident Victims. Plans are underway to establish a branch of the
Save Accident Victims Association of Nigeria (SAVAN) in the hospital, to enable
the organization complement the efforts of the Hospital in the provision of
succor to accident victims.
Irrua is situated on the Ishan plateau, some 87
kilometers
north of Benin City. The vegetation is mixed rainforest and transition Guinea
Savannah.
The natives are mainly farmers, but Irrua is literally surrounded by towns
with tertiary educational institutions: located 5 Km to the south is Ekpoma with
Ambrose Alli University and 40 Km to the north is Auchi with a Federal Polytechnic
while about 25 Km to the southeast is Igueben with a College of Education. Irrua
has a population of 120,571 (one hundred and twenty thousand, five hundred and
seventy-one).
ISTH Irrua, Edo State was established by Decree No. 92 of
1993 as the 9th or 14th Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. It was
commissioned on the 21st of November 1991 by the former Vice President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu. Clinical activities did not however, commence until May, 1993.
For a Full History of the Hospital please view the complete
Strategic Plan report of the Hospital on the PDF
Link
Below.
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