OAUTHC is a federal teaching hospital with a vast landmass, meaning departments are spread apart from each other.
🩺 Workload & Learning Experience
🔄 Moderate to severe workload, depending on your unit
📚 Great opportunity to learn hands-on with active participation in procedures
👨⚕️ Relatively friendly senior officers (residents & consultants)
✅ Expect to complete all assigned tasks diligently
🏠 Accommodation
⚠️ Terrible & difficult to secure (may take 2-3 months)
🏡 You get a room to yourself with a kitchen & bathroom
🛠 Renovation is allowed
🔐 Security is good
💰 Not free—₦120,000 to be paid by the end of housemanship
✅ Upside
🏥 Located within the university
🚶♂️ Trekkable distance (5-15 mins) with tricycles available
💰 Salary
💵 ₦267,000 monthly
🎉 Flex & Social Life
🌆 Town is relatively uneventful
🎭 Campus area has more activities
🎬 A movie theater & some malls are nearby
📋 Orderliness & Workload
✅ Do your job well, and you won’t have problems
🩺 House officers handle:
- IV cannulation 💉
- Urethral catheterization 🚻
- Other bedside procedures
💊 Nurses administer drugs, except house officers in General Surgery must handle chemotherapy drugs on Fridays
🍽 Food Situation
🔥 Constant electricity, so you can cook anytime
❌ No call food provided
🥘 Limited food options inside & outside the hospital
💰 Expect to spend around ₦5,000 daily on food
Dr. Rhoda
HO at OAUTHC