Our Correspondent
Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Sassauka Clinic and Diagnosis Centre, Rimin Kebe in the metropolis.
Speaking on the action, the Director General of the PHIMA, Prof. Salisu Ahmad Ibrahim, said it followed violation of spelt out laws by the state Government on such facilities.
Prof. Salisu however regretted how the name being used by the outfit is contrary to the one in the register of the Institution.
He explained that the name the clinic registered with is Sassauka Clinic and Diagnosis but uses Sassauka Hospital.
Other blunders the DG explained was they increases their services without notifying them, citing how they changed the clinic from the initial six bed clinic as approved to a forty bed capacity..
He pointed out that the law of the agency stipulated that three medical doctors must be provided to a forty bed capacity clinic, but in the case of the clinic it is one Doctor Who is on temporary basis.
Prof. Salisu lamented that even the supporting staffers that assist in running the clinic were grossly adequately as far as the standard of operations is concerned.
It was based on the above listed offences and other issues, according to the DG, the clinic was clampdowned and the owner was invited to the PHIMA in the following week to look at what the law stipulates so as to sort things out before giving the go ahead for the continuation of their services.
The DG reiterated their unwavering resolve to sanitizie activities of private health institutions statewide , urging them to cooperate with the agency in order to achieve set goal.
He commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for the optimal attention he accorded healthcare system by putting in the needed strengths and resources to revive the sector to meet up the global standard of operations.
Prof. Salisu also appreciated the level of support and guidance of the Commissioner for Health Dr. Abubakar Labaran to the PHIMA and other agencies under the ministry to discharge their activities with all the liberties devoid of interference.
