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Key takeaways
- Serving Lagos via Apapa (Lagos)
- Day-surgery and clinic kits available
- Local-language labelling on request
- Catalogue in 24 hours
The healthcare market in Lagos
Lagos is one of Nigeria's main healthcare centres, with demand from fast-growing private hospitals and state health ministries. New clinics, diagnostic centres and day-surgery units open every year, all needing reliable surgical consumables.
What a typical clinic should stock
- Minor surgery instrument sets and scalpel blades
- Sutures, dressings and skin-closure strips
- Gloves, masks, gowns and disinfectants
- Catheters, syringes and IV sets
What hospitals order
Full OT instrument sets, sterilisation trays, anaesthesia and airway consumables, ICU disposables and ward furniture.
Delivery to Lagos
Goods clear at Apapa (Lagos) and move inland by road or domestic air. Our partners can quote door delivery to Lagos.
Other cities we serve in Nigeria
Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Benin City, Kaduna, Enugu, Onitsha, Abeokuta, Jos, Ilorin.
Ordering frequency for Lagos buyers
Single clinics typically reorder quarterly by air or small LCL; hospital groups and chains consolidate into FCL containers every 6–8 weeks to keep per-unit freight low.
A single clinic order compared with a chain order
- Single clinic: smaller SKU count, air-freight backup, faster reorder cycle
- Hospital group: full category range, FCL consolidation, dedicated account pricing
Sea freight
25–31 days
To Apapa (Lagos) from Mundra or Nhava Sheva. Best for FCL/LCL container orders and mixed-category shipments.
Air freight
3–5 days
From Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi or Chennai. Best for urgent, tender or high-value orders.
Documents we provide for NAFDAC
- ISO 13485:2016 certificate of the manufacturing site
- CE certificate or declaration of conformity per product family
- Certificate of Free Sale issued in India
- Technical file / product dossier formatted for the NAFDAC
- Certificate of origin, commercial invoice and packing list
- Batch-wise certificate of analysis and sterilisation validation (for sterile items)
Where healthcare construction is growing in Nigeria
- Lekki - rapid residential and private hospital construction
- Abuja - federal and private hospital projects
Get the Nigeria surgical supply catalogue
Full catalogue and a CIF price list for Nigeria, sent within one business day.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a surgical supply catalogue for Nigeria?+
Request it on the GlobalSurgicals catalogue form or WhatsApp our export desk. We send the full catalogue and a Nigeria price list (CIF Apapa (Lagos)) within one business day.
How long does shipping from India to Nigeria take?+
Sea freight to Apapa (Lagos) takes about 25–31 days; air freight about 3–5 days.
Do you have a distributor in Lagos?+
We supply Lagos buyers directly and through partner distributors. Contact our export desk and we will connect you with the right option.