Africa/Nigeria/Akwa-Ibom/Esit Eket
Facility record

Ekpene Obo Cottage Hospital

A secondary hospital in Esit Eket, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria.
Secondary hospitalPublic · State GovernmentOpen 24 hoursRegistry-verified
25
Inpatient beds
30
Clinical staff
2 of 5
Core services on site
1 of 205
Secondary facilities in Akwa-Ibom

Capacity

Secondary
25 beds
Inpatient and outpatient, operating 24 hours.

Staffing by cadre

30 clinical staff
4
Doctors
13
Nurses & midwives
1
Lab scientists
1
Pharmacists
2
HIM officers
2
Lab technicians

Services on site

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

A referral hospital on Akwa-Ibom’s care ladder

Healthcare in Akwa-Ibom works like a ladder. Everyday care happens at the state’s 507 local clinics and health centres. When they cannot treat something, the patient is sent up to a bigger hospital like this one (Akwa-Ibom has 205 of them). The very hardest cases go up once more, to one of the state’s 1 top-level hospitals.

1 tertiarythe hardest cases
205 secondarythis hospital · bigger hospitals
507 primaryeveryday care

Record

03/04/1/2/1/0016
Facility level
Secondary
Ownership
Public, State Government
Address
Along Qua Iboe Church Primary School, Ekpene Obo, Esit Eket LGA.
Operating hours
24 hours
Operational status
Functional
Coordinates
4.66872, 8.02743
Veligraph ID
AF-NG-03-04-1-2-1-0016

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