The closure comes as a result of the alleged collection and transfusion of unscreened blood at the facility. Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya, the Executive Secretary of LSBTS, revealed this development yesterday.
He further explained that the health facility was sealed jointly by LSBTS and the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) after receiving a tip-off from a concerned citizen.
Osikomaiya said, “A concerned citizen had reached out to us to report the unwholesome practices of the facility. Following the tip off, and after thorough investigations, the enforcement teams of LSBTS and HEFAMAA, during their joint monitoring exercise in the area, visited the facility and confirmed to be true, the unwholesome, unprofessional and unethical medical practices and conduct of the hospital management.
“This facility was sealed for contravening the provision of the Blood Transfusion Service law, specifically, law 10, item 31 which states that no person within Lagos State shall transfuse blood into a patient unless such blood has been screened, tested, labelled by the state blood transfusion committee, and found to be negative for all transmissible diseases including HIV I and II, Hepatitis B and C, Syphilis and any other disease as may be deemed necessary by LSBTS.”
The Executive Secretary has mentioned that they have successfully retrieved information regarding blood donors and transfusion recipients from the facility's management. They are also in the process of tracing citizens who received unscreened blood units at the facility as part of the protocol.
