Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has ordered the state’s Ministry of Health to investigate an alleged diversion of drugs meant for free maternal care at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital.
The governor ordered the investigation following a complaint by a father whose wife gave birth to triplets at the hospital that he paid for some of the services rendered.
PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported how the parents of the triplets said they had expended their entire savings on the purchase of drugs and other consumables before and soon after the birth of the triplets
The father of the triplets, Usman Magaji, said this while appealing for assistance from the government and kind Nigerians.
“I have spent all my savings from the day she was admitted to the hospital and I am left with nothing that is why I am soliciting assistance from the government and Nigerians
“From the day she was admitted for the delivery, I spent over N70,000. I am worried that the spending will continue because she is still in the hospital with no date fixed for discharge because she was delivered through a cesarean section.
“I need help because I have nothing left for me to take care of the lactating mother both at the hospital and at home. I have spent all the money at the hospital.
“I am grateful to God for the triplets. I need help because I don’t know for how long we are going to stay at the hospital, I don’t have money any longer that is why I am looking for help.”
The parents of the triplets paid for the care despite the Kano State government’s policy of free medical care for pregnant women and child delivery services in all state-owned hospitals.
The governor’s chief of staff, Wada Sagagi, said the governor ordered an investigation into why the parents of the triplets had to pay for maternal care.
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