Creek Hospital

Creek Hospital (formerly Federal Staff Hospital, Lagos, also known as Military Hospital, Lagos) is a hospital in Onikan, Lagos Island.

History

Creek Hospital was originally a European hospital established in the 1880s to cater for the health of European expatriates in colonial Lagos.[1][2] Dr. Gray and Atkins were the pioneer staff doctors.[3] The hospital had a good reputation of medical expertise in Nigeria. The hospital acquired its current name (Creek Hospital) in 1924, when the colonial government took over from the hospital. In 1925, Dr. Grays' Creek Hospital was renamed European Hospital. The hospital was later renamed as Military Hospital, Onikan, Lagos in 1947. Creek Hospital's facility (Federal Staff Hospital) at Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos continued operations at Apo Legislative Quarters after federal civil servants moved from Lagos to Abuja. Creek Hospital was upgraded from a 28–bed health facility to a 150–bed hospital to provide additional medical services to Lagosians.[1][4]

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References
  1. Peju Akande; Tony Kan (January 2015). "BUILDING THE LAGOS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. Julie Fajemisin (3 June 2010). "A Pioneer Doctor's Wife". Vigoo International, 2000 (Indiana University). ISBN 9789783500174. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. Nigerian Health Review. Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria. 2007. ISBN 9789780853570. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. "The Golden Era Of Nigerian Medicine and Sir Samuel Olayinka Ayodeji Manuwa (1903 TO 1976)". Sahara reporters. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

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