WELCOME
Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kebbi is a tertiary health care institution situated in
the capital of Kebbi State, the land of equity. It is a fully functional
hospital with over three hundred bed capacity with state of the art medical
equipment manned by well trained and highly qualified professionals.
Historical Background
The Centre is one of the MDAs (parastatal) under the Federal Ministry of Health. It
was established under Decree 10 of 1985 i.e. the University Teaching Hospitals
(Reconstitution of Boards) Act, Cap 462 on 6th June 2000.
The Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kebbi took off on the site of a renovated Rural
Health Centre with a seventy-five bed capacity in 2001. The facility had been
handed over to the Federal Government by the Kebbi State Government in the year
2000. Since then the Centre has grown over the years to achieve its current
over three hundred bed capacity tertiary health care facility amongst other
milestones.
The hospital is located along the Muhammad Iliyasu Bashar, Dukku Barracks road, off the ever
busy Birnin Kebbi – Jega road in the heart of the City.
In 2019 the hospital recorded an average patient turnover of about one hundred and
sixteen thousand, four hundred and ten patients including those from the
neighbouring states and Niger republic.
Vision
To provide accessible, qualitative and affordable health care services to our
patient population through partnership with our patients, the public, staff and
other organizations in Kebbi State.
Mission
We are dedicated to our patients in offering the utmost care to all, irrespective of
creed, colour, affection and all other considerations whilst ensuring
professionalism by valued and committed staff.
Core Values
i. Putting patients first in all we
do.
ii. Being open and honest
iii. Maximizing the best use of our
resources
iv. Encouraging the spirit of
teamwork
v. Valuing, supporting and retaining
staff
vi. Rewarding individual and team
contributions
vii. Effective communication
viii. Ensuring staff development
Key Guiding Principles
The principles
guiding our operations are:
a. Professionalism
b.
People centeredness
c. Accountability and transparency
d.
Excellence
e. Equity
f. Quality
g. Responsiveness
Structure
of Administration
The Hospital is headed by the Medical Director and assisted by the Head of Clinical
Services and the Director of Administration.
The Directorate of Clinical Services comprises of Obstetrics and, Gynaecology,
Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Trauma,
Dental and Maxillofacial, Pathology, Psychiatry /Behavioural Medicine, Pharmacy,
Nursing Services, Physiotherapy, Medical Social Services etc.
The Directorate of Administration comprises of the Central Administration
(Establishment, Hospital Programmes, Planning, Research and Statistics, Budget,
Staff Training and Development, Pension, Public Relations, Information and
Publications, Legal and Industrial Relations), Finance and Accounts,
Procurement, Internal Audit, Works and Services, Stores, Management Information
Systems (MIS), Laundry etc.
AVAILABLE SERVICES
The hospital provides clinical services in the following departments;
- Surgery
- Medicine
- Paediatrics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Psychiatry (Behavioural)
- Dental and Maxillofacial
- Radiology
- Pathology services
- Pharmaceutical Services
- Nursing Care
- Physiotherapy
- NHIS/Retainer ship
Other services include:
- Medical Social Service (MSS)
- Health Information Management (HIM)
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- School of Optical Dispensing Technology (SODT)
- We also provide patient relatives with comfortable accommodation while they care for their loved ones on admission
Equipment and Machines; the hospital operates and rendered quality cares with the state of arts equipment and machines, some of which are listed below
- X ray machines
- Urology tower
- Echocardiogram (ECG)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Dialysis machines
- Ultrasound machines
- Doppler ultrasound machine
- Oxygen generating plant
- GE Bravo C – arm machine
- GE Care Station 30 anaesthesia machines
- Laparoscopic machine
- Endoscopic machine
- Sysmex Haematology Analyser
- Mythics (18 and 22) Haematology Analyser
- 3D Bact alert machine
- Slit lamp biomicroscopes
- Ophthalmic operating microscopes
- LED phototherapy machines
- Etc