By Asma’u Ahmad
The Anambra State Government has commenced the recertification of health facilities in order to eliminate quackery and check illegal and unwholesome practices in the health sector.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, who revealed this in an interview with newsmen in Awka, the state capital, said that some unregistered health facilities were sealed by the ministry.
“The ministry is out to flush out every illegal health practices in the state to avoid our people dying carelessly,” he said.
Dr. Joe Akabuike
The commissioner bemoaned the poor sanitary conditions of some health facilities visited, stressing that “people should not come to hospital to become sick, hospital should be the cleanest place people visit.”
He restated that there is a standard template for registration and operation of health facilities in the state and any person interested in establishing one must comply with it.
“Those that practice medicine and run hospitals must have the requisite academic qualifications, skills, operational equipment and operational license. We have zero tolerance for illegal practice in the health sector, due process has to be followed in the registration of health facility,” Dr. Akabuike added.
