About This Hospital
- Category
- State General Hospital / Secondary Healthcare Facility
- Accreditation
- Lagos State Government secondary health facility under the Lagos State Health Service Commission. Named Public Secondary Healthcare Facility of the Year at the Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) 2025, per the hospital's website. Takes surgical residents for the rural posting required for the West African College of Surgeons Part 1 examination.
- Affiliation
- Lagos State Ministry of Health / Health Service Commission. Founded in 1950 as a cottage hospital at Agbala, Ikorodu; moved to its present site on TOS Benson Road on 21 November 1983 (commissioned by Governor Lateef Jakande). Operates annexes at Agbala (Agbala Paediatric Centre) and Imota, and provides medical cover for the Majidun Rehabilitation Centre. Lagos State's first Maternal and Child Centre (MCC) was commissioned on its campus on 4 February 2010.
Departments21 depts
Specialty Services
Specialized Equipment
Leadership & Management
Head of Hospital
Dr. Taiwo Kamorudeen Hassan
Medical Director/CEO of General Hospital, Ikorodu since June 2020, per the hospital's official website (Hospital Overview and Management pages); also named as the hospital's head in an October 2024 Peoples Gazette report on the Ikorodu trauma centre.
Managed By
Lagos State Health Service Commission
General Hospital, Ikorodu is a Lagos State Government secondary facility administered under the Lagos State Health Service Commission and Ministry of Health. Deputy Medical Director: Dr. N. Onaolapo (Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist), per the hospital's management page.
Booking at This Hospital
Online Booking
Walk-in
Walk-in Policy
Walk-in accepted at the General Out-patient Department and the 24-hour Accident and Emergency unit; specialist clinics run on fixed clinic days.
Emergency Wait
24:00:00
How to book
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Hospital Policies
Hours & Holidays
Accident and Emergency operates 24 hours, 7 days a week. Specialist clinics run on scheduled days (e.g. General/Urology surgery clinic Thursday; Orthopaedic clinic Tuesday).
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