Africa/Nigeria/Benue/Makurdi
Facility record

401 Special Forces Bridge Medical Centre

A secondary hospital in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
Secondary hospitalPublic · Federal GovernmentOpen 24 hoursRegistry-verified
25
Inpatient beds
49
Clinical staff
3 of 5
Core services on site
1 of 208
Secondary facilities in Benue

Capacity

Secondary
25 beds
Inpatient and outpatient, operating 24 hours.

Staffing by cadre

49 clinical staff
3
Doctors
17
Nurses & midwives
1
Lab scientists
2
HIM officers
2
CHOs
4
Lab technicians

Services on site

3 of 5
Laboratory
Imaging & radiology
Pharmacy
Ambulance
Mortuary
How care flows here

A referral hospital on Benue’s care ladder

Healthcare in Benue works like a ladder. Everyday care happens at the state’s 1,372 local clinics and health centres. When they cannot treat something, the patient is sent up to a bigger hospital like this one (Benue has 208 of them). The very hardest cases go up once more, to one of the state’s 1 top-level hospitals.

1 tertiarythe hardest cases
208 secondarythis hospital · bigger hospitals
1,372 primaryeveryday care

Record

07/13/1/2/1/0081
Facility level
Secondary
Ownership
Public, Federal Government
Address
Joe Akahan Cantonment, 72 Battalion Barracks, Benue State, Makurdi.
Operating hours
24 hours
Operational status
Functional
Coordinates
8.54979, 7.78836
Veligraph ID
AF-NG-07-13-1-2-1-0081

Source agreement

Current
Nigeria Health Facility Registry (v2)Federal Ministry of Health · beds, staffing, services, contacts2026
GRID3 Nigeria cross-referenceLocation confirmedmatched
Record first publishedFrom the 2026 national register import; changes will be noted hereAug 2026
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Source: NHFR