The Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency has closed down a private healthcare facility, Choice Clinic, for operating with only two staff members, a nurse and a cleaner.
The closure comes just one week after the agency sealed another clinic, Reach Clinic, for breaching established regulations and operational guidelines.
PHIMA Director General Professor Salisu Ibrahim Ahmad said that the Choice Clinic was also sharing the same building with another clinic illegally, which necessitated the agency cancelling their registration and directing them to find another location anywhere in the state to reopen the centres after they had been examined and registered by PHIMA.
“Situated at Rijiyar Zaki, the other centre closed as we directed. Unfortunately, the Choice Clinic refused to stop operation. When we got there we got a woman hospitalised because she was operated. So, we delayed locking up the centre until she was discharged. But we closed their theatre. We gave them two weeks to stop their operations, but they refused to abide by our directive” Ahmad said.
He said the clinic had no medical doctor, pharmacist, or other staff necessary for health service delivery.
