Lagos - Prof. Akin Osibogun, the Chief Medical
Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Monday appealed
to Nigerians to report quack medical practitioners operating in their
areas.
Osibogun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that
quackery and other unwholesome practises should not be allowed to retard
the progress so far recorded in the sector.
``There is a law against it and many states of the federation now have facility registering agencies.
``Like in Lagos, they have HEFAMAA (Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency).
``They (HEFAMAA officials) go round and if they detect any
illegal hospital or illegal facilities, they seal off the place and they
can prosecute whoever is involved in that practise.
``Also, the Dental Council is the monitor for that, but the Dental Council cannot do it alone.
``It also requires you and other members of the public to draw
the attention of the council to the presence of any unqualified
person.``
He said that apart from the Medical and Dental Council of
Nigeria (MDCN), being the regulatory body to accredit and monitor health
facilities, some states had set up other agencies.
Osibogun said that precision and utmost professionalism
should be the watchword of the private operators in ``this critical
sector that thrives on protection of human lives’’.
-NAN
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