The Management of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Nasarawa State,
says it has dismissed 10 of its staff over financial misconduct, sabotage and
selling blood meant for patients.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Hassan Ikrama, said,
“some of them were engaging in stealing of blood from blood bank and selling
same to private hospitals and diverting money meant for the hospital. Some are
using the facilities of the hospital to carry out investigation in the
laboratory and put the money for the charges in their private pockets”.
He noted that all the dismissed staff were investigated and found culpable
by a committee that looked into the matter.
Ikrama said that when he was appointed as the CMD, he discovered many
leakages in the finances of the facility which needed to be blocked, he
disclosed that the hospital prior to my coming was lacking so many machines,
had only one theatre, only 200 beds for admission, one clinic, insufficient
offices for doctors.
Ikrama, however, said that the hospital management had taken on the
challenges and were able to increase the numbers of theatres to three, clinics
to eight, scanning machine from one to eight.
“Others initiatives to reposition the hospital include provision of 200
additional beds, renovation of wards, toilets among others.” He added that more
technical and other specialists have been employed to strengthen services to
patients patronising the facility daily