The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, ordered the closure of Shepherd Clinic and Maternity, Ayo Ni Medical Centre and Dayo Maternity Home, all in Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
The Ogun Government on
Thursday ordered the immediate closure of three hospitals for allegedly
engaging in quackery and causing the death of two pregnant women during
delivery.
Ipaye, represented by the
Deputy Director, Hospital Services, Dr Solomon Shokunbi, said the two pregnant
women bled to death because they were attended to by quack doctors.
He explained that one of
the deceased was initially admitted at Dayo Maternity Home, before she was
referred to Ayo Ni Medical Centre, where she later died after efforts by the
former to deliver the baby proved abortive.
The commissioner decried
the criminal and inhuman activities of the quack medical doctors and said
government had since begun the registration and revalidation of all private
hospitals in the state.
He said that no fewer than
43 private health facilities were shut for non-compliance with regulations.
Ipaye advised people in the
state to heed government’s warning by not patronising quacks and unlicensed
health facilities.
He also urged the public to
report any activity of quack doctors or other medical personnel in their
communities or call the hotline of the Department of Hospital Services on
07054368055. (NAN)
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