The Kaduna State Ministry for Health has ordered the closure of a faith foundation clinic, a private clinic situated at Karshe Daddu of Jaba Local government Area in the State.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni gave the order for the closure after visiting the clinic in karshe Daddu in Kaduna.
She said the closure was with immediate effect based on the law of Establishment, Registration, Licensing, Operation and monitoring of Health facilities in the State.
She explained that it was the fourth time the team was visiting the clinic in karshe Daddu without seeing the Doctor.
He was accused of also failing to visit the Ministry as instructed for further discussion.
Balon said her Ministry contacted it’s counterpart, the Ministry of Security and Home Affairs which in turn directed the Local Government Chairman to persuade the Doctor to meet with them but all proved abortive.
Baloni said the committee on Private Health Establishment, CPHE also visited the clinic in June, 2019 following a report from people of the community about the poor State of the clinic.
The Commissioner discovered that the clinic was not registered as required by law and the qualification of the Medical Doctor could not be authenticated.
“The clinic is operating in an unethical environment and it was confirmed that the doctor didn’t go through a formal medical school,” she said.
According to her, with all the directives given to the clinic after the visit, the owner refused to comply.
“On August 26, 2020, another team from the CPHE visited the clinic and the aim of the visit was to close down the facility as directed by the Executive Council of Kaduna State but they were not granted access to the building and the owner could not be contacted”.
“The owner of the clinic later sent a letter written on September 7, 2020 titled ‘Application for opening of new health facilities at Karshe Jaba Local government’ but did not do a follow-up on the letter to formalise his intention to open a health facility”.
She said that, another team of the CPHE visited the clinic as a follow-up to his letter of Sept.17 but he was not around but they gained access to the building except the operating theater.
She adds that the unethical practice and the conditions of the 18 patients found in the hospital undergoing surgeries of various types cannot be accepted anywhere in the world.
Lateefah Ibrahim
