Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro Abeokuta is the first Nigerian hospital [1] which was established in 1895 by the Catholic Church mission to Abeokuta [2] [3] through Reverend Father Coquard as a result of the leprosy epidemic that affected Egbaland between 1857 and 1859. It is located at Itesi, Abeokuta. [4] Louisa Rodriguez was a Brazilian nurse who assisted Coquard for about 36 years serving as the director of nursing. [5] Coquard had one year of instruction as a medical student before he joined the missionary. [6]
The hospital was relocated to Lantoro in 1971 by Archbishop Aggey. [7]
It is a 300 bedded hospital that serves the southwestern part of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. It trains nursing students and postgraduate doctors in Family Medicine. [8]
Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro Abeokuta is the first Nigerian hospital [1] which was established in 1895 by the Catholic Church mission to Abeokuta [2] [3] through Reverend Father Coquard as a result of the leprosy epidemic that affected Egbaland between 1857 and 1859. It is located at Itesi, Abeokuta. [4] Louisa Rodriguez was a Brazilian nurse who assisted Coquard for about 36 years serving as the director of nursing. [5] Coquard had one year of instruction as a medical student before he joined the missionary. [6]
The hospital was relocated to Lantoro in 1971 by Archbishop Aggey. [7]
It is a 300 bedded hospital that serves the southwestern part of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. It trains nursing students and postgraduate doctors in Family Medicine. [8]