Borno NMA moves against quacks, inaugurates committee

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Borno State chapter, has inaugurated a committee to clamp down connected quacks parading arsenic aesculapian doctors successful the state.

Chairman of the chapter, Dr Kaka Ghazali, made the disclosure connected Monday portion speaking with newsmen successful Maiduguri.

According to Ghazali, the determination is portion of efforts to enforce professionalism, warrant diligent information and guarantee that lone duly qualified and licensed unit be to patients.

"The committee volition collaborate with the Directorate of Medical Services and different stakeholders to way and stamp retired unwholesome practices wrong the profession", helium explained.

He added that the Directorate maintains a moving narration with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, the assemblage saddled with regulating aesculapian and dental signifier successful the country.

"Any suspected lawsuit of quackery uncovered would beryllium escalated to the applicable authorities for due probe and sanctions successful accordance with the law", the NMA president said.

While decrying the dangers posed by unqualified practitioners, Ghazali said quackery not lone endangers lives but besides erodes nationalist spot successful the wellness system.

He called for corporate enactment by nonrecreational bodies, regulators and authorities to curb the trend, reaffirming ...