Benue Health Ministry Seals 12 Hospitals, Clinics

In its ongoing crackdown connected quacks, the Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services has unopen down 12 unlicensed hospitals and clinics successful Buruku, Ushongo and Kwande section authorities areas.
The exercise, led by the ministry’s imperishable secretary, Beatrice Tsavmbu, informed that the facilities were closed owed to deficiency of operational licences, mediocre sanitary conditions and non-compliance with authorities regulations

Our analogous gathered that the imperishable caput including the manager of Medical Services, Agbadu Joshua; manager of Public Health, Esther Menger and manager of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Anyebe Boniface, were retired to extremity the scourge of quackery successful the state.
Some of the amerciable facilities unopen down included De Poloo Community Health Centre, Uli Dispensary, City Community Health Centre and Tomkenti Community Health Centre, each successful Ushongo LGA.
In Buruku LGA, Ella Community Health Centre, Tyowanye, and St. William Community Health Centre, Abwa, were besides unopen down.

In Kwande LGA, the ministry sealed Luter Clinic and Maternity successful Ikyogen pursuing a petition by assemblage leaders alleging that the infirmary was a menace to the lives of assemblage members.
Others see Akumator Tsaha Community Health Centre, wherever a pistillate precocious died aft giving commencement to twins, Primary Health Centre, Adagi, Ahobee Memorial Hospital, Divine Community Health Centre, and Tor Chibee Community Health Centre.

These facilities were unopen down for offences ranging from deficiency of operational licences to mediocre equipment, mediocre hygiene and sanitary conditions, and non-compliance with authorities regulations.

Tsavmbu, who expressed interest implicit the proliferation of amerciable wellness facilities, warned the nationalist against patronising them, saying doing truthful is the aforesaid arsenic signing your decease warrant.

According to her, the ministry volition not relent until quackery is wholly eradicated successful the authorities wellness system.

She said, “This cognition aligns with Governor Hyacinth Alia’s docket to renovate, equip, and upgrade nationalist wellness centres crossed the state, stressing that the authorities would nary longer tolerate substandard wellness practices.”

The squad besides made an unscheduled sojourn to Mbagen College of Health Technology and Mbagen Community Hospital successful Abwa each successful Buruku LG wherever they commended the absorption for maintaining precocious standards.