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From Isaac Job, Uyo
A medical doctor and Head of Pharmacy at the Cottage Hospital Ukana in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State are to face disciplinary committee of the state Ministry of Health over administrative and professional breaches in the health facility.
The invitation of the two health officials followed the briefing by the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Ekong Etiebet, to the Commissioner of Health, Dr Ekem Emmanuel John, during inspection visit to the hospital recently.
The commissioner, accompanied by Permanent Secretary, Hospital Management Board, Dr Abraham Inyangudo; Permanent Secretary, Akwa Ibom Health Insurance Agency, Dr. Arthur Igbemi; and directors from the Ministry of Health and Hospitals Management Board visited the hospital and discovered administrative and professional breaches.
According to the commissioner, the medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr. Ekong Joseph Etiebiet, formally briefed him, and members of the inspection team on series of administrative and professional breaches uncovered at the facility.
John said the inspection visit was predicated on intelligence reports submitted by the Ministry of Health’s Ombudsman Unit, a public complaints unit set up to track and resolve complaints against health workers across the state after the declaration of a state of emergency in the health sector by Governor Umo Eno.
