Prof Alakija Kazeem Salami as a Senior Consultant in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH has been suspended.
He was suspended by the Management over 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
In a statement by DAVID S ODAIBO Director of Administration who signed for Chief Medical Director, the suspension takes immediate effect
The development followed Governor’s address where he expresses disappointment at the breach of trust that played out in the UITH case
” Without prejudice to the internal investigation by UITH ,we demand immediate suspension of Professor Alakija Kazeem Salami and every other official of UITH whose professional misconducts brought us down this path pending the outcome of the ongoing probe.”
