Kano Government Sacks 3 Doctors And Suspends Others For Extortion

The Kano government fires three doctors and suspends others for extortion

The Kano State Hospitals Management Board has suspended three employees of Kabo General Hospital and sacked three others over charges of extortion.

Following an impromptu examination of the facilities, Dr. Mansur Nagoda, the Executive Secretary of the board, approved the decisions.

On Monday, April 1, Samira Suleiman, the Hospitals Management Board's public relations officer, released a statement containing this information.

According to the statement, three X-ray unit personnel were discovered to be billing patients N12,000 for X-rays—much more than the N2,000 authorized hospital fee—without offering any paperwork as evidence of payment.

The facility was performing fewer than ten X-rays per week even though both of the X-ray batteries were operational.

It said as follows: “The Executive Secretary of the board approved the immediate dismissal of the three officers on grounds of extortion of patients.

“Also, the Executive Secretary approved the suspension of the Accountant, Auditor, and Head of the laboratory for selling free HIV test kits given to facilities by the state government and were asked to report to the board headquarters further for disciplinary actions.

“Furthermore, the ES explained that the Labour ward was not in good condition, had no bed sheets on the beds, absence of compound officers, dumped equipment which was donated four years ago, as well as dumped COVID-19 items donated to the facility.

“The Executive Secretary, who vowed not to spare any staff found wanting, said the decision made against the affected workers should serve as a deterrent to others.

“We took an oath, so we will stick to that oath and sanitise the system.

“It is sad that after the state government made sure that each and every health worker is on the CONHESS salary scale, they are still exploiting innocent patients.”