Oyo State Government Suspends Doctor, Nurse Over Alleged Misconduct
The Oyo State Hospitals Management Board has suspended a medical officer and a nursing officer over alleged involvement in unprofessional conduct.
This was contained in a statement by the Chairman of the HMB, Dr. Gbola Adetunji, obtained on Saturday.
The suspended officials were accused of diversion of a patient to a private facility for emergency surgery.
Dr. Adetunji revealed that the two medical officials were suspended following a meeting of the management.
He maintained that the two medical workers were petitioned by a relation of the said patient and that the management investigated and found them culpable.
The statement read, “The Oyo State Hospital Management Board has suspended two medical officers for diverting a patient to a private facility for surgery.
“This decision followed an investigation of a petition received from an affected relation of the said patient.
“Further investigation is continuing by the Disciplinary Committee of the Board. Following the activities of the Monitoring Committees of the Ministry of Health and the Board and reports of members of the public, the Board had come to the conclusion that a few bad eggs in the state health sector are demeaning the good works of the majority of the public health workers”.
“The Board has had several interactive sessions with a cross-section of the health workers, emphasising drastic attitudinal changes in the course of their duties.
“The Board is greatly pained by this unprofessional attitude despite the huge investment and welfare packages in the health sector by the present administration under the dynamic and people-oriented leadership of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde.”
The Board, meanwhile, warned health workers in the state to continue to be professional and law-abiding, saying it would not condone any unprofessional act that can jeopardise the repute of the the state health sector.
“The Board is now sending a strong note of warning to health workers in the public sector to buckle up or face severe disciplinary action, as the leadership of the Board is migrating from counselling mode to serious disciplinary mode.
“While the Board publicly appreciates those who are professionally committed to their duties, it will not relent in fishing out the bad eggs within the system,” the statement added.