MBBS AND BDS (PORTAL CENTER)
UCH is a large, well-equipped center with top-class medical personnel and highly organized operations—earning it the title "The Premier Hospital."
📍 Location: City center of Ibadan
🏛 Structure: Four major floors with lifts—you can walk without rain or sun touching you!
🩺 Facilities: Sophisticated equipment & high standards of patient care
🏠 Accommodation
💰 Cost: ₦15,000 per month
🏡 Type: Self-contained with spacious rooms (in an old building)
🚧 Update: New accommodation currently under construction
⚠️ Downside
📌 Workload is intense—especially in:
- 🏥 Neurosurgery
- 🏥 Nephrology
- 🏥 Pediatrics
⏰ Ward rounds start at 6 AM sharp in Neurosurgery, Monday–Sunday—this has been the rule since time immemorial!
🤯 You must be a SMART doctor to survive here.
✅ Upside
✨ Very neat hospital with prompt patient care
🏢 House Officers' Quarters are within the hospital premises → No transport expenses!
🚀 Well-structured & efficient administration
📜 Registration process takes just 1-2 days
💰 Salary
💵 ₦306,000 monthly (same as MDCN)
🌆 Flex & Lifestyle
🏙 Ibadan is a calm, big city with low insecurity and friendly people
🚗 Bolt rides available for your owambe 🎉
🎬 Cinemas, resorts, and an airport are easily accessible
⚖️ Orderliness & Work Environment
📑 Highly organized setting
💉 HOs administer all IV drugs—including infusions in Pediatrics
📂 HR/Admin are efficient & don’t stress you
👨⚕️ Some toxic senior colleagues exist—especially in Neurosurgery❗
🍽 Food Options
🥘 Food quality? Meh.
✅ Best option: Calabar Kitchen (always available!)
🥣 If you don’t like Amala & Ewedu, better be ready to cook your own food!
Dr. Emmanuel (EX-HO UCH)