Department
NAUTH, Nnewi is a tertiary Health Institution which provides a wide range of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic, out-patient, rehabilitative and support services to a catchment population of about 30,994,559. NAUTH has a functional Accident and Emergency Unit and provides 24hour emergency services all year round. The multi-disciplinary approach to service plays an important role in the development and delivery of the Health services.
The key activity areas include:
-Paediatrics
-General Medicine
-General Surgery
-Obstetrics & Gynaecology
-Laboratory Services
-Radiology
-HIV/STI Services
-Pharmaceutical Services
-Anasthesiology
-Intensive Care Unit
-Ophthalmology
-Dietetics
-Physiotherapy
-psychiatry
The services provided in the Hospital includes
Department of paediatrics
-General Children Out-Patient Clinic
-Children Emergency Services (24 hours daily)
-Neonatology (special care Baby Unit for premature babies)
-Paediatrics HIV Clinic
-Paediatric Oncology (Haematology)
-Paediatric Cardiology
-Paediatric Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
-Medical Out-Patient Clinic (daily referral)
-Neurology
-Nephrology
-Gastroenterology
-Endocrinology/Diabetes Clinic
-Cardiology
-Respiratory Medicine
-ECG Services
-TB/DOTS Clinic
-Adult HIV Clinic
-Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT)
-Dermatology Clinic (Every Friday)
-Mental Health
-Haematology
COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT:
-Biostatistics
-Epidemiology
-International Health
-Occupational Health
-Rehabilitative Medicine
-PHC (Primary Health Care)
-Social Medicine
-Family Health
-Health Education
Department of Surgery:
-General Surgery
-Urology
-Orthopaedics
-Neuro-Surgery
-Plastic Surgery
-Paediatric Surgery
-Ear, Nose, and Throat
-Accident & Emergency Clinic (24hours)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology:
–Antenatal Clinic
-Gynaecology Clinic
-Family Planning
-Gynaecological Emergencies
-Maternity Services
-Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
-Laparoscopy
-Cervical Cancer Screening
Laboratory Services (24 hours daily)
-Haematology/Blood Bank
-Special HIV Laboratory
-PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
-Chemical Pathology
-Histopathology
-Cytology
-Autopsy
-Mortuary Services
Anaesthetic Services
Radiological Services (24 hours):
-Plain X-ray studies
-Special Investigation
-Ultrasound Services
-Magnetic Resonance Imaging
-Other Radiological Specialties
HIV/STI Services:
-Voluntary Counselling and Confidential Testing
-HIV Screening Test#
-HIV Confirmatory Test
-HIBS Ag Screening Test
-Haematology Parameters
-Biochemistry Parameters
-CD4 Cell Count
-Viral load, DNA and follow-up analysis
Pharmaceutical Services (24 hours):
-Compounding of extemporaneous products…. Adverse drug monitory bin all the dispensing units.
-Dispensation of prescription by all dispensing units
-Drug selection, forecasting, quantification and procurement by the Pharmacy main Store.
-Drug Inventory Control/Management and drug storage by the whole units of information service by all units.
-Drug information reference service by DIU
-Direct observed drug therapy by TB/DOTS pharmacy.
-Intervention on wrong prescription
Nursing Services (24hours) (Highlight)
Other Paramedical Services:
-Physiotherapy
-Health Records
-Nutrition/Dietetics
Support Service Areas are:
-Works/engineering services
-Administrative services
-Accounting services
-Auditing Services
-Medical Social Services
BED CAPACITY
The present bed capacity in the main Hospital is about 294 while there are about 146 in the annexes totalling 440 beds as shown below:
-Male Medical Ward 30
-Female Medical 30
-Male Surgical 23
-Female Surgical 14
-Plastic/Burns Male 15
-Gynae 14
-Paediatrics 26
-Paediatrics Extension 13
-SCBU 25
-ICU 8
-Labour 6
-Lying-In 38
-A/E (Adult) 42
-CHER 10
-Neni 26
-Guinness Eye Clinic 20
-Ukpo 32
-Trauma Centre Oba 49
-Umunya 19
STAFFING
The staff strength of the teaching Hospital has grown tremendously. The hospital which started with one hundred and twenty (120) staff, both medical and non medical, can now boast of two thousand, seven hundred (2,700) staff.
EXISTING EQUIPMENT IN THE HOSPITAL (VAMED)
The under-listed existing equipment in the Hospital was courtesy of VAMED program which NAUTH enrolled into. The acquisition of these equipments has helped tremendously in improving the health service delivery in NAUTH:
OPERATING THEATRE AND CSSD:
- 1. Computerized Tomography (CT Scan)
- 2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- 3. Laparoscope
- 4. Cytoscope
- 5. Resectoscope
- 6. Endoscope
- 7. Anthoscope
- 8. Laryngoscope
- 9. Anaesthetic Machine
- 10. Electric Dermatome
- 11. Skin Graft Meshes
- 12. Total Hip Replacement set
- 13. Cardiothoracic set
- 14. Underwater cutting diathermy machine
- 15. ENT Operating Microscope
- 16. Mobile Operating Microscope etc
CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
- Hitachi 902 automatic Analyser
- Glass ware washer
- Jenway flame photometer
- Instrumentation Laboratory 943 flame photometer
- Thermo scientific incubator
- GFL 2002 Distiller
HISTOPATHOLOGY
- Embedded Machine (2unit)
- Automatic tissue processor (1)
- Rotary Microtone
- One Multi-headed Microscope
- Phase contrast Machine
- Automatic staining machine
- In cyto-spin centrifuge
- One Immuno fluorescent Microscope
- One crystat
- Mini water bath.
MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
- Ph meter
- Compound Microscope
- Centrifuge
- Water Bath
Phase Contrast Microscope
HAEMATOLOGY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
- Automated counting Machine
- System for Haematological Analysis#
- P24 Antigen test Kits for blood transfusion
- PCR Machine
- Automated Polymerase chain Reaction (PCR)
- Cold centrifuge and Accessories
- Drying Machine
- Automated Staining machine
- Blood Mixers
- Multimedia Project
- U/V spectrophotometer
- Mortars and Pestles etc.
MODERN DENTAL EQUIPMENT
- Oral and maxilla-facial set
- Laboratory, Dental
- Complete Dental Unit
- Dental X-ray Unit, Wall mounted
HEALTH RECORDS EQUIPMENT
- Computerised Filling Equipment
- Conveyor belt.
- Address Graph machine
- Microfilm equipment
PHYSIOTHERAPY/MEDICAL REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT:
- Total Multi Gym
- Computerised Thread Mills
- Ergonometers
- E.M.Pulse
- Tilt tables
- Hydrotherapy Unit
- Traction Machine (Mechanical and Electrical)
- X-ray viewing box
- Exercise toys
- Prosthetics and orthotics etc