Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital
| Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bauchi, Northern, Bauchi State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 10°19′27″N 9°49′51″E / 10.32429°N 9.83088°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General hospital, Teaching and specialist |
| Services | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.atbuth.gov.ng/ |
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital is a federal government of Nigeria teaching hospital located in Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria. The current chief medical director is Prof. Yusuf Bara Jibril.[1][2]
History
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, was established in 2010. The hospital was formerly known as Specialist Hospital, Bauchi.[3]
Services and Departments
Main Gate of ATBUTH
Administrative Block of ATBUTH
Eye Complex at ATBUTH
ATBUTH offers medical services across various departments:
- Anaesthesia & ICU
- Chemical Pathology
- Community Medicine
- Dental & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT)
- Family Medicine
- Health Information Management
- Haematology & Blood Transfusion
- Histopathology
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Social Welfare
- Molecular and Infectious Diseases Laboratory
- Nursing Services
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
CMD
The current chief medical director is Yusuf Bara Jibril.[4][5]
Commission
On the 29th of May 2026, president Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioned the state-of-the-art Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology Centre project in the teaching hospital in other to improve reproductive health care in the teaching hospital and in the region.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ "Cholera: MSF sets up treatment centre in Bauchi, admits 243 patients in 10 days". Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ "ATBUTH Bauchi celebrates 10th year anniversary". Nigerian Tribune. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ Abdulhamid, Hafsat (2021-08-07). "Resident doctors' strike: We are overstressed - Bauchi Specialist's Hospital CMD cries out". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ "Grieving journalist narrates how doctors abandoned dying son; teaching hospital launches probe". Premium Times. 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ "Bauchi: Mohammed commissions multi-million naira dialysis centre built by RCCG at ATBU Teaching Hospital". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ Oyewole, Rauf (2026-05-29). "Tinubu Commissions Reproductive Technology Centre at ATBUTH". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "Tinubu Inaugurates Modern Infertility, Assisted". This Day. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "Tinubu Commissions Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Centre In Bauchi". Leadership. 2026-05-29. Retrieved 2026-06-18.