Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital is a Federal Government Teaching Hospital located in

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. It was formerly known as

Bayero University The Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from University College to University. It is the first university in ...

Teaching hospital. The current chief medical director is

Abdurrahman Abba Sheshe Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...

. Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital serves three main functions: training of medical students and Resident doctors, provision of specialist medical services to the sick, and important research for the advancement of medical knowledge. It is used for the training of Bayero University medical students and postgraduate medical doctors (Residency training). It recorded success over the years, including being the first government hospital to perform a successful kidney transplant in the year 2002, the former Chief Medical Director Professor

Abdulhamid Isa Dutse Abdulhamid Isa Dutse (28 December 1960 – 5 October 2020) was a Nigerian Cardiologist, and consultant, who was Professor of Medicine, and the former chief Medical Director of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH). Early life and education Abdulh ...

was instrumental in the transplant.

Chief executives

The Chief executive officer, referred to as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) is responsible for the day to day operations of the institution. The past CMDs are Professor Sadiq Suleiman Wali (a Physician: Gastroenterologist), Professor Abdulhamid Isa Dutse (a Physician: Clinical Haematologist/Oncologist), and Professor Aminu Zakari Muhammed (a Histopathologist). The current CMD, Professor Abdurahman Abba Sheshe (a Surgeon) was appointed in 2019.

Departments

Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has sixteen clinical departments: Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery, Ophthalmology, ENT, Dental and Maxillofacial surgery, Radiology, Histopathology, Chemical Pathology, Haematology and blood transfusion, and Medical microbiology.

References

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