Rivers seals eight health facilities, arrests four over quackery

The Rivers State Ministry of Health has sealed 8 wellness facilities and arrested 4 persons implicit alleged quackery, impersonation and the cognition of unregistered facilities during its October inspection and enforcement exercise.
The latest enactment comes a week aft the ministry announced the closure of 21 wellness facilities crossed 4 section authorities areas of the authorities for operating illegally oregon failing to conscionable the required standards.

The ministry said a large find during the latest workout was an amerciable wellness installation operating wrong a residential compound astatine 27 Victoria Street, wherever 2 suspected quacks, identified arsenic Mr Ataisi Jephtha and Mrs Mgboawaji Edwin, were allegedly apprehended portion attempting to execute a thyroidectomy connected an unsuspecting patient.

According to the ministry, Jephtha, who allegedly posed arsenic a surgeon, and his accomplice were instantly arrested, portion the installation was sealed.

In a connection issued by the ministry’s Press Officer, Edna Alete, 5 different hospitals and 2 laboratory centres were besides unopen down for operating beneath minimum standards and without registration.

The Permanent Secretary of the Rivers State Ministry of Health, Dr Vincent Wachukwu, warned that licensed aesculapian practitioners moving successful unregistered oregon substandard facilit...