Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Metta,

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is a

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located in

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Compound in Ebute-Metta,

History

Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos was established in 1964. It started out as the Department of Health Services of the

. It was created exclusively to cater for the health needs of NRC staff and their families. During the

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, it became an annex of the

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(LUTH), Idiaraba, Lagos for the treatment of wounded soldiers. On May 26, 2004, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the upgrading of the Nigerian Railway Hospital to a Federal Medical Centre and on 31 January 2005, the hospital was formally handed over to the Federal Ministry of Health as a Tertiary Healthcare Institution and designated as Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos. It is a training institution for Resident Doctors and House Officers in

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, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radiology and

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References

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