The Kano State Government has suspended a medical officer at Muhammad Abdullah Wasa Teaching Hospital for abandoning his duty.
Executive secretary, Kano State Hospitals Management Board, Dr Mansur Mudi Nagoda, said approval for immediate suspension of the female medical officer will serve as a deterrent to careless personnel.
Nagoda said the affected doctor who was not named, was accused of absconding a dialysis patient in a terrified condition.
He said the action of the doctor, who took an oath to protect lives, was regretted.
The board executive warned that the government will not hesitate to sanction any staff found guilty of mismanagement in their duty.
Nagoda added that the medical officer’s suspension would be effective pending the outcome of the investigation, and insisted anyone whose name appears on the duty roster but found derelicting will be sanctioned.
“The suspension followed several complains recieved yesterday night by patients and staff of the facility after the Doctor left the facility without prior knowledge of any officer or the management of the hospital,” Nagoda said.
“Several calls where placed to her and she kept saying she is in the premises while she wasn’t in the doctors quarters and upto morning she never showed up leaving a dialyses patient in a terrified state”. Dr. Nagoda added.
“Let this serve as a warning to all, if by any means you have to be absent from duty, it is paramount to make a proper arrangement with another doctor to cover up your duty post. We will not fold our arms and watch people throw the system into uncertainty.”
