Federal Medical Centres

In Nigeria, primary health care is to be provided by Local Governments, secondary health care by State Governments and tertiary health care by the Federal Government.[1] In operationalizing this policy, the Federal Government decided to establish at least one tertiary health institution in each State of the Nigerian Federation.[2] Federal Medical Centres (FMCs), were established nationwide in states that do not have Federal University Teaching Hospitals present. The exception to this rule is Lagos State, which has one such centre in addition to a Teaching Hospital.

List of Federal Medical Centres

There are a total of 22 FMCs all over the country.[3] As a general rule, most of the centres are situated in the State capital, especially in situations where the apex secondary health institution run by the state does not adequately meet the demands for specialist health care by the citizenry.

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Health (1995). Nigerian National Health Policy. Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Government of Nigeria.
  2. ↑ "Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta: A Case Study in Hospital Management pp 1". docstoc. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Reviewed Charters for Federal Medical Centres pp 1". Servicom Charters. servenigeria.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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