Back to listings

About This Hospital

Category
Federal Teaching Hospital / Tertiary Referral Hospital
Accreditation
Provides undergraduate clinical training, medical residency and postgraduate medical training, nursing and non-medical training (per the hospital's website).
Affiliation
Federal Ministry of Health. Formerly Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja (now Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja); originally General Hospital Lokoja, built 1954 at Adankolo and relocated to its present G.R.A. site in 1958.

Departments21 depts

Accident and Emergency
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Community Health
Chemical Pathology
Clinical Microbiology
Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery
Family Medicine
Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy
Haematology and Blood Transfusion
Internal Medicine
Nursing Services
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Orthopaedics
Ophthalmology
Paediatrics
Physiotherapy
Psychiatry
Radiology
Surgery
Health Records
Biomedical Unit

Specialty Services

Accident and Emergency
Intensive care
NHIA services
SERVICOM
Social services
Medical residency and postgraduate training

Leadership & Management

Head of Hospital

Assoc. Prof. Shehu Abdulrahman Ozovehe

Chief Medical Director, Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja (appointed 2026).

Managed By

Elder S. B. D. Famolu

Director of Administration, per the hospital's Top Management Committee page.

Multilingual staff availableYes

Booking at This Hospital

Online Booking

Available (online appointment form on website)

Walk-in Policy

Walk-in accepted at outpatient clinics; referrals accepted

Emergency Wait

24:00:00

Non-Emergency Wait

Clinic days vary by department (see Clinics and Clinic Days on website)

How to book

Walk-inOnline appointment formReferral

Appointments at FTH Lokoja are arranged directly with the hospital using the options above. Afrimedlink lists this facility for public information and does not manage its bookings.

Afrimedlink online hospital

Speak with verified foreign doctors and other healthcare professionals — within minutes

No need to wait for an appointment at FTH Lokoja. Consult vetted doctors, specialists and allied health professionals abroad from your phone, no queue. If you need more care afterwards, we refer you to a vetted partner hospital near you.

Hospital Policies

No Smoking Policy in Effect

Patient Reviews

0 reviews · Most recent first

0.0/ 5

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your experience.

Sign in as a patient to leave a review.