Daga MAHDI M. MUHAMMAD
Asibitin Sacred Heart da ke Lantoro, Abeokuta ita ce mafi daɗewa kasancewa asibitin farko da aka fara ginawa a Nijeriya, wacce aka kafa a shekarar 1895 a ƙarƙashin kulawar cocin Katolika masu zuwa Abeokuta, wanda Reɓerend Father Coƙuard 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 Coƙuard na tsawon shekaru 36, a ƙarshe ta ɗauki matsayin daraktan jinya.
A ƙarƙashin 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 buƙatun kiwon lafiya na yankin kudu maso yammacin Nijeriya da Jamhuriyar Benin.
Baya ga ayyukan jinya, asibitin tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ilmantarwa, da horar da ɗaliban jinya da likitocin da suka kammala digiri a fannin likitancin iyali.
