BRIEF HISTORY

The Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe a 500 bed-capacity hospital is located within the city of Gombe, the capital of Gombe State which is one of the 36 States of the Federation.  It is located between latitude 100 & 110N within the savannah region.  It has a population of about 2.1million people and an area of 18000km2.  The temperature averages 30oC with an annual rainfall of 52cm.

The Hospital was established in 1996 by the Federal Government, but moved its operations to the present site on 22nd May 2000.  It was built by the former Bauchi State Government through a loan obtained from the African Development Bank (ADB) to serve as a tertiary referral centre undertaking service, research and training for the then former state.  When Gombe State was created, it inherited the hospital and when the Federal Government decided to establish Medical Centres in states that do not have a teaching hospital in the country, Gombe state automatically became a beneficiary.  Consequently, the hospital was transferred to Federal Government which converted it to Federal Medical Centre, in January 1999.  His Excellency, The President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR commissioned the Centre on November 23rd 2000.  Dr. Abubakar Ali-Gombe was the pioneer Medical Director of the hospital followed by  Dr. Aliyu Usman El-Nafaty, Dr.Saidu Abubakar, Dr.Yahaya Saidu Alkali and currently, Dr.Yusuf Mohammed Abdullahi.

With the establishment of College of Medicine by the Gombe State University, the Gombe State Government under the leadership of his Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo OON, approached the Federal Government to use the facility as a Teaching Hospital.  The President and Commander-in-Chief, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, gave approval to the request on the 16th August 2013.

The hospital was then redesignated by the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu as Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe with Dr. Sai’du Abubakar as the Chief Medical Director (CMD).

Presently, the Centre has in its employment Medical Doctors, Nurses, Laboratory Scientists, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Radiographers and other health care professionals in various specialties. Within the short period of operation, its impact is being felt in the whole State and beyond, because of the relative accessibility of Gombe in the North-East sub-region whereby many referrals are received from the neighboring States.

Our Mission

We are devoted to the provision of high quality, affordable, accessible, effective and satisfactory healthcare services to our clients by implementing measures, policies and programs that focus on staff motivation and productivity using modern technology with cooperation from stakeholders.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a Tertiary health Centre that provides excellent training, research, quality and affordable services to our patients and community with compassion and professionalism.

Department

Non-clinical

  • Administration
  • Library
  • Finance and Supply
  • Internal Audit
  • Engineering Services
  • Laundry Services

Clinical

  • Obstetrics Gynecology
  • GOPD
  • Dental
  • Anesthesia
  • Laboratory Services
  • Medicine
  • Nursing Services
  • Heath Record
  • Family Medicine
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • ENT
  • Paediatrics
  • Pharmaceutical Services
  • Physiotherapy
  • Radiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

The following clinical support services are also available.

  • Radiology
  • Physiotherapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Nursing Services
  • Laboratory Services
  • comprising of Haematology &
  • Blood transfusion,
  • Histopathology,
  • Chemical Pathology and Microbiology.

The hospital has a total of 86 consultants offering specialist services in the various departments mentioned above and are supplemented by 35 other visiting consultants.  There are also one hundred and twenty-four (124) Resident doctors and twenty-six (26) Medical officers with 329 qualified Nurses/Midwives.  The hospital also is accreditated to train the following categories of staff: Medical Laboratory Science, Dental Therapy, Radiography, Physiotherapy, Optometry, and Pharmacy Interns.

Specialist and sub-specialist clinics are run by the various clinical departments from Monday to Friday.  Emergencies are attended to on a 24hour basis daily through the Accident & Emergency [A&E] /Gynecology/Obstetrics/Paediatrics emergency units

The general out-patient department (GOPD) runs three clinics daily i.e. Filter clinic sees non referred patients and sorts them out for the various specialist clinics if need be.  Staff clinic attends to hospital staff and Retainership clinic offers exclusive services to individuals or Corporate Organizations that have subscribed to the hospital.

There are (33) Thirty-three main wards and an Amenity ward in the hospital.  There are In-patient beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Special Baby Care Unit (SCBU) for premature, low-birth weight & critically ill infants.  The A & E also has In-patient beds for serious emergency cases until they stabilize.

Schools

  • College of Nursing Sciences
  • School of Post Basic Critical Care Nursing
  • School of Post Basic Perioperative Nursing
  • School of Dispensing Opticianry