Rivers govt seals six health facilities, arrests seven in anti-quackery crackdown

The Rivers State Government has sealed 5 wellness facilities and a patent medicine store crossed the authorities implicit alleged aesculapian quackery, kid trafficking, impersonation and different amerciable activities.

It besides arrested 7 suspects successful transportation with the operation.

The affected facilities are PLARIV Hospital and Good Shepherd Hospital successful Omoku; Blessed GoodNews Clinic and ESTATE Clinic successful Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, respectively; EL DONA Hospital successful Elekahia, Port Harcourt; and a patent medicine store successful Ndele, Emohua Local Government Area.

The Chairman of the Rivers State Anti-Quackery Committee and Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Vincent Wachukwu, disclosed this during a property briefing successful Port Harcourt connected Tuesday.

He said the facilities were identified done quality reports, complaints from residents and investigations carried retired by the committee with enactment from information agencies.

Wachukwu explained that the closures were not based solely connected a deficiency of registration oregon licences.

According to him, investigations uncovered alleged offences including the cognition of wellness facilities by unqualified persons, unlawful surgeries, certificate forgery, impersonation, amerciable grooming of auxiliary nurses and alleged kid traffic...