The Executive Secretary (ES) Kano State Hospitals Management Board, Dr Mansur Nagoda, has announced the sacking of three officer of Kabo General Hospital over allegation of charging patients N12,000 for X-ray as against the approved hospital price of 2,000.
The announcement is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano on Monday signed by the Public Relation Officer (PRO) Hospitals Management Board (HMB), Samira Suleiman.
He also approved the suspension of the Accountant, Auditor and Head of Laboratory for selling the free HIV test kits given to facilities by the state government.
The affected individuals have also been asked to report to the Board Headquarters for further disciplinary actions.
The suspension and sacking of the staff took place immediately after conducting an unscheduled executive supervision visit to the facility with the team made up of Executive Secretary HMB, DG KNCDC Dr. Muhammad Abbas and the DG of SAKA Dr. Usman Bashir.
The team express total dissatisfaction with what they met on ground and referred to it as an act of sabotage.
“Three officers of the X-ray units where caught charging patients N12,000 for X-ray against the approved hospital price of N2,000 and no documents to show as evidence of payment leaving the facility to carry out less than 10 X-ray’s per week despite the fact that the 2 X-ray batteries are functional” The ES KHMB.
He then approved the immediate dismissal of the 3 officers on grounds of excessive extortion of patients.
Furthermore, Dr Nagoda explained that the Labour Ward of the hospital was not in shape, no bedsheets on the beds, no compound officer, equipments donated by a philanthropist four years ago were dumped, as well as covid19 items donated to the facility.
“This act needs to stop. This decision we took should serve as deterrent to others. We took an oath so we will stick to that oath and sanitize the health system” he declared.
He then called on every officer to sit up and those that have skeleton in their cupboard should note that executive supervision is on going with full force, “once you are caught, have yourself to blame” , he stated.