Serious wahala don land for one hospital for Benin City, Edo State, after the Edo State Healthcare Regulation and Monitoring Agency, EDOHERMA, discover say the facility don dey operate for more than 10 years without proper government registration.

According to EDOHERMA, the hospital no register with Edo State Ministry of Health and e no get current registration with EDOHERMA. The matter come light during monitoring exercise wey agency carry out for one orphanage wey dey inside the same building.

When EDOHERMA engage the hospital owner, e reportedly confirm say the facility never get proper state registration. Although the owner talk say e belong to Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners, EDOHERMA make am clear say membership of ANPMP no be government approval or licence to run hospital.

When inspectors later enter the hospital to check things properly, dem discover plenty issues wey raise serious concern about patient safety.

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Dem reportedly find poor infection-control practices, cobwebs for ceilings and walls, rusty and damaged hospital equipment, badly damaged mattresses, plus no clear evidence say the place dey regularly fumigate or control pests.

Even more serious, the hospital reportedly no get valid working fire extinguisher, proper emergency preparedness plan or established referral system.

Because of all these problems, EDOHERMA order the hospital to stop every medical operation immediately.

The agency don give the facility two weeks to begin the official registration process and correct the problems wey inspectors identify before dem fit even think about reopening.

EDOHERMA say patient safety na the major priority, and no private hospital or clinic go get permission to operate if the facility no meet the required health, safety, sanitary and operational standards.