Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Yaba Left | |
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Geography | |
Location | Yaba, Lagos Mainland, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Coordinates | 6°30′20″N 3°22′25″E / 6.505432°N 3.373566°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Specialists |
Services | |
History | |
Former name(s) | Yaba Asylum |
Opened | 1907 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Nigeria |
The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, also known as Yaba Psychiatric Hospital or Yaba Left, is a Nigerian Federal psychiatric hospital in Yaba, a suburb of Lagos. [1]
Yaba Psychiatric Hospital was established in Lagos in 1907 as Yaba Asylum. Mental health care was provided by general medical officers before the emergence of mental health professionals. In the present day, psychiatrists and psychologists oversee custodial interventions. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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