SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, (THEWILL) – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, did not meet any doctor on duty when he paid an unscheduled visit to some hospitals in the state on Wednesday morning.
The governor was said to have visited the hospitals around 1am to inspect the condition of patients and the facilities.
At the Umaru Shehu Ultra-Modern Hospital, Maiduguri, Zulum was said to have been shocked as he did not meet any medical doctor on duty.
The hospital with about 135 medical staff only had 10 nurses on duty, while the 19 resident doctors were nowhere to be found.
“When the governor made a phone call to about 10 doctors on duty to ask why they were absent, none picked the calls,” a government official said.
Zulum was said to have expressed dissatisfaction at the poor service delivery to the patients he met at the state medical facilities.
The governor’s unscheduled visit was said to have caused panic among medical workers in the state as the chief medical director of the Umaru Shehu Ultra-Modern Hospital was reportedly queried over the absence of doctors on duty.
