The Department of Medicine was established in 1990 and has achieved considerable growth over the last 2 decades. Since its inception the department has pursued vigorous staff training and recruitments in relevant areas towards ensuring a competent academic and support manpower as well as the acquisition of appropriate teaching and research facilities and equipment in line with its major objectives of ensuring the provision of excellent clinical care to patients, training of disciplined and professionally competent undergraduates and postgraduate students, and involvement in relevant clinical research that would have a direct bearing on the improvement of care of patients in our environment.