 As written in The Lagos Standard on Wednesday, Oct 25, 1911, “the hospital itself is a monument of what can be accomplished through the energy, zeal, patience, and devotion of a single individual...who was described by Sir Walter Egerton as having been ‘his architect, engineer, and labourer’ in building the hospital.” Upon the opening of the new hospital in 1911, the government built a road from the Alake’s palace to the hospital, which they called Fr.Coquard Road in tribute to him.He was made a chief by Alake Ademola and given the title Baasegun of Egba and later also named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the British Government.