ENUGU—THE task force set up by Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime, to monitor private health facilities in the state has closed down three private hospitals for failing to meet the required standard.
The task force has also summoned proprietors of some hospitals for questioning over poor state of their theaters and wards.
Speaking to newsmen, shortly after the monitoring exercise by members of the committee at the weekend, Commissioner of Health, Dr Fidelia Ugwu, explained that the task force was set up with a mandate to ensure that private hospitals met the standard set by the state Ministry of Health.
Ugwu, who spoke through the Director of Medical Services, State Ministry of Health, Enugu, Dr Ndubuisi Ejeh, said the task force would continue to carry out the monitoring of health institutions in order to effectively regulate their practice.
He said: “We just moved around and visited about seven health facilities, the exercise is a continuous one, the objective of this exercise is to ensure that our health facilities give the required services and also to ensure that when people go to hospitals they will get satisfactory services.”
On the observations they made during the visit, he said the committee noticed that in some hospitals, the wards were too tight, adding that the theaters were not what they should be.
Besides, the commissioner said the committee discovered that some of the hospitals lacked adequate staff, adding that some of hospitals were closed down because of the inadequacies noticed.
“Owners of some hospitals we did not close down were asked to come to the state Ministry of Health and get properly briefed on what they should do,” he stated.
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