The Kano State Hospital Management Board has restated commitment to quality healthcare service delivery in the state.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Dr Mansur Nagoda stated this during the inauguration of the statewide hospital inspection exercise, on Monday in Kano.
He said the board in collaboration with the ministry of health would inspect healthcare facilities in urban and rural areas of the state.
Nagoda said the exercise aimed at encouraging positive attitudinal change among medical workers, to ensure that interventions were properly utilised.
He said the exercise would also guard against alleged hoarding and diversion of medical commodities provided by the state government.
“We are also paying unscheduled visits to health facilities to mainly assess their sanitary conditions and see how the services are being rendered.
“The major issues we largely concentrate on will include checking of staff roster for all cadres to know professional relationships among staff to avoid unwanted rivalry,” he said.
Nagoda said the state government had rolled out free delivery kits; free accident and emergency items, free cleansing items for general sanitation of facilities and maintenance of proper hygienic condition, among workers.
The gesture, he said, would provide succor and improve the welfare of patients in the state.
Some of the facilities visited include Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital; Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, Sir Muhammad Sanusi Specialist Hospital, Sheik Muhammad Jidda General Hospital, and Yadakunya General Hospital. (NAN)
