Africa/Nigeria/Taraba/Ardo-kola
Facility record

First Referral Hospital

A secondary hospital in Ardo-kola, Taraba State, Nigeria.
Secondary hospitalPublic · State GovernmentOpen 24 hoursRegistry-verified
25
Inpatient beds
53
Clinical staff
2 of 5
Core services on site
1 of 45
Secondary facilities in Taraba

Capacity

Secondary
25 beds
Inpatient and outpatient, operating 24 hours.

Staffing by cadre

53 clinical staff
2
Doctors
26
Nurses & midwives
2
Lab scientists
1
Pharmacists
7
HIM officers
4
Lab technicians

Services on site

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

A referral hospital on Taraba’s care ladder

Healthcare in Taraba works like a ladder. Everyday care happens at the state’s 872 local clinics and health centres. When they cannot treat something, the patient is sent up to a bigger hospital like this one (Taraba has 45 of them). The very hardest cases go up once more, to one of the state’s 4 top-level hospitals.

4 tertiarythe hardest cases
45 secondarythis hospital · bigger hospitals
872 primaryeveryday care

Record

34/01/1/2/1/0005
Facility level
Secondary
Ownership
Public, State Government
Address
Along Jalingo-Bali express way
Operating hours
24 hours
Operational status
Functional
Coordinates
11.26085, 8.71248
Veligraph ID
AF-NG-34-01-1-2-1-0005

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