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Nigerian Health Authority Crackdown On Sub-Standard Health Institutions
In an effort to wipe out sub-standard hospitals, clinics and chemist shops which ‘ constitute immeasurable health hazards to its innocent citizens’, the government had last week sealed up 235 illegal health facilities in different parts of the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this at the stakeholders forum at the weekend, in addition, expressed the Governor (Babatunde Fashola’s) displeasure with the poor disposal of medical waste by private health operators. He was quoted: “The situation is so bad that when we had the first Executive Council meeting of this administration, it was one of the issues we discussed."
Dr. Idris noted that of the 1,958 facilities monitored by the state Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), only 1,062 were registered, out of which 706 were found to be defaulting while 904 were said to be unregistered. He lamented the poor attitude of some qualified medical practitioners especially in the area of unlawful disposal of gauzes, needles, syringes and human parts removed during surgeries, warning that perpetrators would henceforth be prosecuted.
The commissioner stressed that the "government is ready to raise the standard of health facilities in the state and stop the operation of fake personnel or substandard health facilities in the state."
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