[1][2][3][4] It serves as a training institute for clinical students studying at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.The teaching hospital attends to a range of diseases, including COVID-19and many other virus.

The hospital was meant to serve residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa and Kaduna states.

[8] In 2020, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation donated an oxygen-generating plant, a brand-new ambulance, and a ventilator to the hospital to help curb the coronavirus outbreak.

[15] In July 2024, a mental health building, a medical outpatient clinic block, and a cardiovascular research centre were commissioned at the teaching hospital under the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

[16] Bisala Ekele was appointed as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital in 2017 for a four-year tenure by Yemi Osinbajo when he was acting president.