Kano Sacks Hospital CMD for Alleged Extortion

Kano State Government has directed the immediate sack of another senior medical staff in the state ministry of health for alleged extortion and other related offences.

The government had a few weeks ago removed the chief medical officer and eight medical doctors in one of the public health centres for negligence to duty.

A statement by the spokesperson of the hospital management board, Semeera Sulaiman, said the government has directed Chief Medical Director and the Chief Medical Officer of Abubakar Imam Urology Hospital to step aside.

Subsequently, the statement said the hospital management board has appointed Dr. Amiru Imam Yola and Dr. Balarabe Umar Muhd as the new CMD and CMO respectively.

The new senior officers are to occupy the position in acting capacity to oversee the activities, restore order and sanity, then forward their reports to the commissioner for health in the next three months.

He explained that there are series of allegations ranging from extortion of patients, referral of patients to private facilities for procedures/surgeries as well as financial mismanagement by the public and various agencies.

“The management has approved the posting out of all sub-staff, attendants to other facilities and make a replacement with other staff from sister facilities, and re-assign the head of nursing department with immediate effect.

“We accords serious attention to healthcare system in the state, hence the decision of the Executive Secretary and commissioner for health to complement effort in reviving the facilities to have a standard medical services and make sure all officers and health workers abide by the civil service rules and regulations.”