1985: Asibitin Farko Da Aka Fara Kafawa A Najeriya

Asibitin (Sacred Heart) da ke Lantoro, Abeokuta ita ce mafi dadewa kasancewa asibitin farko da aka fara ginawa a Najeriya, wacce aka kafa a shekarar 1895 a karkashin kulawar cocin Katolika masu zuwa Abeokuta, wanda Reverend Father Coquard ya jagoranta.

Asibitin ta zuciya ta fara ne a gine-gine na wucin gadi har zuwa kafuwar babban asibitin. An kwantar da asibiti a Itesi, Abeokuta, ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 1904 kuma an kammala shi a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1914.

An kafa ta ne sakamakon cutar kuturta da ta addabi Egbaland tsakanin 1857 zuwa 1859. Asibitin tana cikin Itesi, Abeokuta, ta amfana sosai daga sadaukarwar Louisa Rodriguez, wata ma’aikaciyar jinya ’yar Brazil wadda ta yi aiki tare da Coquard na tsawon shekaru 36, a karshe ta dauki matsayin darektan jinya.

A karkashin jagorancin Archbishop Aggey, an mayar da asibitin zuwa Lantoro a shekarar 1971. A yau, tana da dakuna 300, kuma tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen biyan bukatun kiwon lafiya na yankin kudu maso yammacin Najeriya da Jamhuriyar Benin.

Baya ga ayyukan jinya, asibitin tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ilmantarwa, da horar da daliban jinya da likitocin da suka kammala digiri a fannin likitancin iyali.