Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir
el-Rufai, has closed down the Government House Clinic in Kaduna and
deployed its personnel to public hospitals.
Similarly, drugs and equipment in the
clinic had been moved to the government-owned Yusuf Dantsoho Hospital,
Tudun Wada, Kaduna while the Government House staff had been directed to
henceforth use the Yusuf Dansotho Hospital for their medical needs.
The spokesman of the governor, Mr.
Samuel Aruwan, in a statement yesterday said the decision to close
down the clinic was taken to boost the healthcare system in the state
by moving medical personnel, drugs and equipment to public hospitals.
“There are not yet enough doctors in the
public health system in Kaduna State, therefore, it is not prudent to
assign doctors, nurses and other medical staff to serve Government House
alone.
“It is clearly more beneficial to the
wider society if the services of these medical personnel were made
available to the public in a general hospital. In addition, it is better
that everyone working in the Government House uses the same health
facilities as the general public” the statement said.
According to the statement, “Medical
personnel from the Government House Clinic have been redeployed to
public hospitals in the state. All drugs and medical equipment in the
Government House Clinic have also been evacuated and are being put to
use at the Yusuf Dansotho Hospital.
“From now on, all Government House staff
requiring medical services will proceed to the nearest public hospital
to the Government House like other citizens of the state. It is expected
that the management of the public hospitals will make good use of the
medical personnel, drugs and equipments donated to them.”
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