The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum disguised as a patient seeking treatment to a newly established primary healthcare centre at Gwange II ward in Maiduguri, Borno state. The Governor discover that heaulth workers in the said primary health care center collected a sum of 8000-10000Naira from the patients that have even common sickness such as malaria before diagnose.
The unhappy and furious Governor said:
“The staff we met here (at Gwange II, PHC) confirmed that they use to collect between N8,000 to N10,000 from patients to treat malaria. In fact, they have turned this government health centre into a private hospital, and this is why the centre has been deserted by people who mostly do not have the money to access services here. The workers just collect money and put it in their pockets"
He therefore directed the Borno State Primary Healthcare Agency to investigate and take necessary disciplinary actions against all the culprit of this corrupt act.
He also discover that it's only a medical staff on ground despite that the total number of staff is about 29.
“You can imagine that at 2:00 pm, this primary healthcare centre we built and fully equipped is empty (because of extortion and without medical staff). This level of impunity cannot be tolerated. The earlier we address it, the better for all of us” Zulum added.
The governor proceeded to a similar primary healthcare centre at Gwange I but found medical workers on the ground attending to patients without extorting them.
While noting that he was happy with the development, the governor commended the staff for being good people.
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