[1] LASUTH also shares structures with the College of Medicine, Lagos State University.

The hospital was established in 1955 from a small cottage health centre by the Old western region.

The hospital was later redesigned entirely post independence by Onafowokan Michael Olutusen in the year 1972, it was named Ikeja general hospital.

[2][3][4] On 12 November 2015 the first successful kidney transplant was performed in the hospital.

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