By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
Six private health facilities have been sealed in Ogun State for various infractions against specified government regulations of medical practice in the State.
The 4 hospitals and 2 medical laboratories were sanctioned for offences, ranging from lack of registration to employment of unqualified personnel, operation beyond the scope of registration and negligence
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker told journalists after the enforcement exercise that the aim was to safeguard the lives of residents and prevent the proliferation of quacks from putting the health reforms of the state in jeopardy.
The Commissioner explained that a special task force on enforcement recently inaugurated by the State had earlier effected the sealing of 10 private medical facilities in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area through an approach tagged “Operation Stingray”,
Dr Coker listed the newly affected affected facilities to include Ololade Clinic and Maternity Home, Iyana Ilogbo, Mercygate Hospital, Itele, Fehintola Clinic and Maternity Home, Ijako, Ayomide Outpatient Hospital, Itele, Diurnal Medical Laboratory, Itele, and Blizz Medical Laboratory, Abeokuta.
The Commissioner pleaded that the government alone could not win the war against quackery and illegal operation of medical facilities, urging the residents to report those behind such acts to relevant government agencies
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