The University of
Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) has suspended Alakija Salami, a senior
consultant at the hospital.
Salami was suspended
over the controversy surrounding a COVID-19 patient who died on April 3, 2020.
The hospital
authorities had been accused of covering up the circumstances that led to the
death of the patient, a UK returnee.
But Abdulrahman
Abdulrasaq, the governor, had attributed the controversy surrounding the case
to lack of full disclosure, which he said was a breach of protocol.
At a media briefing,
the governor had said his administration was expecting the outcome of the
internal investigation of the incident by the UITH before taking further steps.
Two cases of the
disease were later confirmed in the state. One is the wife of the late UK
returnee while the second case is another UK returnee.
In a statement
issued by the hospital on Monday night, David Odaibo, UITH director of
administration, said the management approved Salami’s suspension “as a result
of his conduct in the management of a COVID-19 patient”.
“The Management of
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital hereby suspends Prof A.K. Salami as a
Senior Consultant in the hospital. This is as a result of his unethical conduct
in the admission, management and eventual release of the corpse of a suspected
COVID-19 patient who died in the hospital on the 3rd of April, 2020,” he said
in a statement.
There are reports
that Salami facilitated the release of the corpse of the deceased to the family
against the standard practice. TheCable could not independently verify this.
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