Bauchi State
Govt. seals 179 private health facilities
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Publish Date: Jul 12 2017 6:39PM
Bauchi State
Ministry of Health on Wednesday said it sealed 18 private healthcare facilities
and 161 patent stores across the state due to failure to meet operational
guidelines.
The Director
of Public Health in the ministry, Dr Bako Mohammed, disclosed this at a news
conference during annual assessment of private hospitals and patent stores in
the state.
Mohammed
said “116 facilities were inspected, out of which, 42 were cleared, 23 were
placed on probation, 21 were warned and 12 were suspended from rendering
services.
“A total of
18 other health facilities were closed due to non-adherence to guidelines and
failure to meet standard.
“We assessed
the various types of private facilities including hospitals, medical clinics,
specialised clinics, nursing and maternity clinics and diagnostic centres.”
The director
listed some of the sealed facilities as Nakowa Health Clinic, Bundon Rishi,
Kowa Clinic, Lafiya Clinic, Mainasara Clinic, Jamare Clinic, New
Edge, Na-Allah Na-Kowa, Makama Consultancy and Mahmud Health Clinic, all in
Toro Local Government.
Some others
are Taimako Clinic, Samson Clinic, Accelerated Dental, Al-Ihsan, Jibo in
Bauchi, Zera laboratory and Dambam Medical laboratory in Bauchi Local
Government, while Salama Health Clinic is in Bogoro Local Government.
Mohammed
said Toro had the highest number of private health operators as it had 50.
The
Director, Pharmaceutical Services, Dr Sule Audu, said the assessment team
inspected 278 patent stores in Bauchi Local Government alone.
He explained
that 161 were sealed due to failure to meet requirements sets by Pharmaceutical
Council of Nigeria, while 117 were certified to provide services to the public.
He said
defaulters were advised to abide by the checklist provided by the Ministry to
meet requirement and be re-opened.
According to
him, some patent stores in the metropolis are found with abusive drugs and
handed over to appropriate authority.
He said
assessment would be scaled up to the remaining 19 local governments
to maintain public health.
to maintain public health.
Earlier, the
Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Halima Muqaddas, said the annual
registration fee to operate had been reviewed.
She urged
those with private facilities outstanding bills to pay up to avoid further
inconveniences. (NAN) ’’
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