Oyo Gov't To Shut Private Health Facilities With Unqualified Personnel*

 


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Oyo State Government has announced that private health facilities caught operating with  unqualified personnel in the State will be shut down with immediate effect.


The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi stated this in a meeting relevant stakeholders in the private healthcare industries, held at the Conference Room of the Ministry. 


According to her, valuable lives are constantly being lost to quackery practices, hence the need to call the relevant bodies into order for proper regulations among their members.


The Commissioner reiterated that hospitals without qualified personnel constitute a danger to the society. 


"Therefore, any private hospital operating in the State without qualified personnel will be shut down", she said.


Dr. Ajetunmobi explained that hospital owners who are not in the medical line must have a qualified doctor on the ground with an up-to-date Annual Practicing License and other staff must also have their registration up to date.


She noted that anyone practicing with an expired license is regarded as a quack; therefore, such hospitals will not be spared from the wrath of the government.


"We need to do this in the interest of our people", she stressed.


The Commissioner equally urged the private hospital owners to stay within their limits, adding that going beyond their scope and jurisdiction is also a form of quackery practice that is strongly frowned at.


“Clinics are not meant for admission of patients but for observation and onward referrals, they should not do the work of hospitals”, the Commissioner said.


In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Oyo State Ministry of Health, Dr. Akintunde Ayinde reiterated that the quality of health treatment received by the people is paramount to the government. 


He therefore, reiterated that Practitioners establishing hospitals without the appropriate qualifications will face appropriate sanction.


Dr. Akintunde urged relevant bodies to work with the Oyo State government to fish out bad eggs among them and reduce quackery and malpractices in the state.


The stakeholders promised to cooperate with the government to achieve their goals of fighting quackery in the state.




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