GENERAL HOSPITAL BAUCHI ( A REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME)
GENERAL HOSPITAL BAUCHI ( A REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME)
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Date
1985-06
Authors
KUMO, MOHAMMED SULAIMAN
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Abstract
The presence of an efficient health deliverysystem
in any part of the world ensures its well being.
Health Care is as important to man as food and shelter.
Infact the three could be said to be married together.
Society's needs are influenced by many factors
among which knowledge (in terms of technology) and
population (growth rate) could be said to be overriding.
These factors are dynamic and therefore during
planning stage, due consideration should be given to
them.
Medical care could be said to be as old as man
himself. Since then a lot had been and is being done
to improve on the type of medical care that is obtain
in different parts of the world.
In Nigeria today, many hospitals are not well
equiped to cater for the populace it was intended for.
This is because most of them were built during the
colonial period when proper studies were not conducted,
and forecast of the future not considered.
The Bauchi General hospital was built during the
then Northern Nigerian Government under a scheme called
"COUNTRY HOSPITAL" all over the region. Bauchi now
a State Capital sustains the one and only
"COUNTRY HOSPITAL".
One can thus envisage the need of the populace vis-a
—vis the available facilities. In an effort to
improve the situation, extensions have been haphazardly
carried out. That f i n a l l y c u l m u l a t e d in to a "site filled"
with buildings"- for a hospital. Therefore space
organisation and proper circulation are alien to that
hospital.
There is also a proliferation of private
hospitals and clinics which is not a surprise.
these are for the rich, which the poor can
not get access to.
This thesis therefore, aims at achieving the following:
(a) Providing adequate health care facilities using the
most up to date scientific equipment
(b) Providing a human atmosphere for the sick
(c) Solving the problem of over congestion and
overcrowding existent in the hospital. (By creating
more space)
(d) Improving the circulation pattern which is
very important factor in a hospital.
(e) Giving it a better space organisation to the
extend possible.
The population growth rate would be considered in
the replanning process.
The research methodology therefore, involves
among others, interviews with the Hospital Management,
Staff and Patients. It also involves visiting the
various units and appraising their fitness in serving
the Functions for which they were meant.
Main sections in the hospital are two. These are the:
(a) OUT -PATIENT DEPARTMENT
(b) IN - PATIENT SECTION
Departments of the above include:
1. MEDICINE
2. ENERGY
3. ORTHOPAEDICS
4. OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
5. RADIOLOGY
6. P/THOLOGY
7. PSYCHIATRIC
8. E.N.T. (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Description
A Thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science (Architecture)
Department of Architecture,
Faculty of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Bello University
Keywords
GENERAL,, HOSPITAL,, BAUCHI,, REDEVELOPMENT,, SCHEME