The hospital was established in 1928. It was formerly used as a college hospital by the University of Ibadan between 1948 and 1954 after being upgraded with an additional fifty beds, laboratory, X-ray annex, medical lecture rooms, and mortuary.[5]
The hospital provides maternal and child healthcare services to people in Ibadan and the surrounding area. It is made up of an antenatal clinic, labor ward, antenatal ward, gynecological ward, lying in ward, children's ward, immunization clinic, post-caesarian section ward, gynecological clinic and family planning clinic.[citation needed]