GOVERNOR SUSPENDS MEDICAL DIRECTOR, FOUR DOCTORS FOR ABANDONING DUTY
The Governor had learnt that patients are usually left unattended to at night by Doctors, but prefers to engage in private practice, and on the visit the Governor made the shocking development, while on a visit to the Umaru Shehu Ultramodern Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri, most of the top personnel, including four Doctors, were absent.
Penpushing further reports that Governor Zulum reportedly, through the Nurses, made efforts calling some of the absent Doctors but none of them picked their calls or showed up till he left the hospital,and thereafter summoned the head of the hospital who could not give a clear explanation on why his subordinates were absent.
The Governor in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Communication, Isa Gusa, announced the immediate suspension of the four Doctors, adding, ‘Governor Zulum has ordered the suspension of the Medical Director of Umaru Shehu Hospital, Dr Audu Usman, for his failure of leadership,
” Furthermore, Dr Musa Chuwang and Dr Chijioke Ibemere who ‘absented’ themselves while on call have also been suspended while Dr. Baba Ali Malgwi who was second on call is suspended arising from his inability to respond to telephone calls during the Governor’s visit’, the statement reads.
‘At the same time, frantic attempts to reach him was impossible, even when he lives within the Doctors’ quarters located around the Hospital. Similarly, Dr Esther of the Paediatric Department who was supposed to be on duty was found absent and hence, she is also suspended’.
‘All Medical Doctors attached to the Accident and Emergency Unit are to be queried for their absence and the lack of duty roster. Chief Medical Director of the Borno State Hospitals Management Board is directed to comply with the Governor’s directive while he is to take measures that should ensure all gaps are filled. Governor Zulum is determined to ensure that all hospitals across Borno State provide adequate healthcare delivery at all times through”, the statement emphasised
