The Lagos State Government has sealed a private hospital at Ago-Okota in the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area for taking unscreened and unlabeled blood and administering it to unknowing patients.Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya, the executive secretary of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service , made this known in a statement released on Sunday by Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, the Director of Public Affairs for the State Ministry of Health.
“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,” Osikomaiya said.
She noted that patients who were given the unscreened units of blood at the facility were being traced as part of the protocol to ascertain their clinical health status and ensure their safety.Osikomaiya emphasised that the hospital’s management and any employees found to have participated in the improper act would face legal action.