Ganduje Did Not Sell Hasiya Bayero Hospital – Ex-commissioner

The immediate past administration in Kano State has said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf was misinformed about the purported sale of the building housing the relocated Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital.

A former commissioner for information and internal affairs in the administration, Malam Muhammad Garba, in a statement on Monday, said hospital services at the facility were temporarily suspended following its relocation after the completion of Khalifa Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu Paediatric Hospital, one of the abandoned facilities inherited by the Ganduje’s administration.

He said the new hospital which has more bed spaces is now providing better quality services in addition to serving as a training centre as well as research purposes.

Garba pointed out that the old Hasiya Bayero was proposed to be converted to a Malnutrition Treatment Centre that would serve as a referral centre for treatment of malnutrition.

The former commissioner said in addition, a factory for Manufacturing of Ready to use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) for treatment of malnutrition at the centre was proposed as well as all other health facilities across the state.

He said a technical committee was inaugurated by the administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to oversee the conversion process and had even undertaken a study tour to a similar facility at Maradi in Niger Republic with a view to setting up a befitting centre.

Garba added that from available records, up to the 29th of May, this year, the facility was not sold to any individual or organisation and it remains the property of the government of Kano state.