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There is serious panic and anxiety among doctors on the employs of Borno State Government following the late night visit of Gov. Babagana Zulum on Monday to hospitals within Maiduguri metropolis.
Many of them, especially those on duty call who couldn’t respond to the governor’s anonymous distress calls, are particularly bothered over the fate that awaits them.
At Umaru Shehu Ultra Modern Hospital, he met patients in pathetic condition and could not find a single doctor on duty. .
As a result of their absence, Prof Zulum had to place a call to all the 10 medical Doctors on duty, but none of them picked up not knowing it was the Governor that was calling.
Only 10 nurses were found on duty out of about 138 nurses on the payroll. The Governor went round all the wards to see the situation of the patients and later requested for the hospital’s staff pay book and made roll call.
At the State Specialist Hospital, few medical doctors were on duty when the Governor arrived. However, the Governor was not satisfied by the quality of services rendered at both Hospitals.
Zulum was said to be visibly dissatisfied with what he saw on ground at the hospitals he visited.