NIGERIA (Kano)- Two private hospitals were shut down by Kano State government yesterday due to poor hygiene.

According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Health, in Kano, Alhaji Isma’il Gwammaja, the affected hospitals are Fazma Orthopaedic Hospital and Quality Clinics and Laboratory at Unguuwa Uku, all in Kano metropolis.

The statement revealed that Dr Salisu Ibrahim, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Private Health Institutions, said that the hospitals were also conducting illegal operations.

Fazma hospital, the statement said, was partially closed and had been warned not to admit more patients until it fulfilled all the necessary requirements.

It said the hospital was only allowed to continue to manage the existing patients in the hospital in view of their critical conditions, while Quality Clinic was operating illegally without any permission or registration from the appropriate authorities, besides its poor hygiene.