The Kano state government has shut down 15 private clinics in the state for alleged violation of regulations.
This was disclosed by the director general Kano state Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA), Professor Salisu Ahmed Muhammad.
He said Palace clinic, Lafiya Tafi Kudi and Minjirya Health Services were completely scrapped and delisted from practicing in the state, while 12 others were shut down pending the outcome of assessment to determine their eligibility.
He said PHIMA had already mapped over 4,000 traditional medicine practitioners in the state and would issue free operational licenses to them.
The agency had also engaged health training institutions and schools to formally train and mainstream them into the healthcare services.
He explained that review of PHIMA law 2017, regulation of chemist and other pharmaceutical shops, 5-year strategic plan, service charter for staff among others are some of the agency’s achievements in the last few months.
