Report Quack Doctors In Your Areas-- CMD

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