The Kano State Private Health Institution Management Agency has closed down four medicine patent facilities in the Rogo Local Government Area for conducting illegal operations and not complying with the law of the Agency.
The Director General of PHIMA, Prof. Salisu Tofa, who led the team of inspectors to the facilities on Friday, said the exercise was aimed at sanitizing the health sector in Kano State.
Represented by a Director, Abdussalam Zarewa, Prof. Tofa stated that the four affected facilities were found operating without registration and due approval of the Agency, an action which, according to him, contravened the law of the Agency.
He said the facilities were found conducting blood transfusions, blood tests, drips, and other health services without a laboratory.
“The facilities are operating illegally which is against the laws of the agency hence our decision to…