The leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to its members to remain calm, and for those working at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital to return to their duty posts with immediate effect.
This follows a meeting with the Chief Medical Director of the facility, the Executive Secretary of Hospitals Management Board Kano, Commissioner of Health, and the Commissioner of Police, regarding the incident at the maternity section of the hospital.
Earlier, medical doctors, nurses, and other medical staff boycotted their duty posts at the hospital to protest against the alleged attack on their colleague.
Reports indicate that the family of a pregnant woman who died during surgery attacked the doctor on duty and held him hostage for several hours.
Patients visiting the hospital were left stranded as medical doctors, nurses, and other medical staff were absent due to fear.
The Chairman of Kano state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Sulaiman Abdullahi, sheds more light, urging the state government, Kano Ministry of Health, Kano State Hospitals Management Board (HMB), security, and all relevant stakeholders to do everything possible to protect the doctors and other medical staff at the hospital.
The Executive Secretary of Kano State Hospitals Management Board (HMB), Dr. Mansur Mudi Nagoda, strongly condemned the attack by hoodlums on a medical doctor at the hospital. He assured the doctors and NMA of their safety and appealed to the body to allow their members to continue with their normal routine in the facility.
“Directors of the board, security agencies from the police force and DSS, representatives of NMA, SSD, NGDP held an emergency meeting, and action points were taken. Part of the action taken was bringing the perpetrators to book, as legal actions would be taken on anyone found guilty.
Also, security personnel would be beefed up at the facility, both entrance and exit points, security personnel at the most sensitive areas in the facility, and also create more awareness to the populace on how to handle hospital issues.”
Khadija Aliyu
