A private healthcare facility in Kano State, Choice Clinic, has been closed down by the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency.
According to Daily Trust, the closure comes just one week after the agency sealed another clinic, Reach Clinic, for breaching established regulations and operational guidelines.
Choice Clinic was found to be operating with only two staff members, comprising a nurse and a cleaner, which was deemed a violation of healthcare standards.
The swift action by PHIMA underscores the agency’s commitment to upholding health regulations and ensuring the quality of healthcare services in the state.
Speaking after closing the facility, the Director General of the agency, Professor Salisu Ibrahim Ahmad, said that the Choice Clinic was at loggerheads with another clinic it was sharing the same building “which we observed they are illegally operating.”
He explained that the scenario 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.
He said, “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.
“We went there and we sealed it off….This is because they have no medical doctor; no pharmacist and other staff necessary for health service delivery. They have only two staff, a nurse and a cleaner.”
