Africa/Nigeria/Taraba/Lau
Facility record

First Referral Hospital

A secondary hospital in Lau, Taraba State, Nigeria.
Secondary hospitalPublic · State GovernmentOpen 24 hoursRegistry-verified
32
Inpatient beds
33
Clinical staff
2 of 5
Core services on site
1 of 45
Secondary facilities in Taraba

Capacity

Secondary
32 beds
Inpatient and outpatient, operating 24 hours.

Staffing by cadre

33 clinical staff
2
Doctors
15
Nurses & midwives
1
Lab scientists
1
Pharmacists
2
HIM officers
1
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

34/10/1/2/1/0034
Facility level
Secondary
Ownership
Public, State Government
Address
Adjacent Government Day Secondary School Lau
Operating hours
24 hours
Operational status
Functional
Coordinates
11.29035, 9.20322
Veligraph ID
AF-NG-34-10-1-2-1-0034

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