Nasarawa Ministry of Health has closed down 126 illegal health facilities in Karu Local government area of the state.
The leader of the team, Dr Thomas Affi said the action is to check activities of illegal health practitioners in the state.
Affi who is also the Director of Clinical service in the Ministry noted that the activities of these illegal health centres have affected the health needs of the people.
He said “His Excellency, Gov.Tanko Al-Makura and the Commissioner of Health, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, have empowered us to embark on the exercise in order to tackle quackery, unhealthy practices in order to safeguard the lives of Nigerians.
“We began this exercise in March in Karu, we covered a total of 112 clinics and hospitals out of which only 16 clinics have their operational licenses, while 96 are operating illegally and were immediately closed down.
“We continued on Monday, May 11, and we discovered 30 new illegal clinics and hospitals, they were also closed down immediately, bringing the total to 126 that were shut in Karu Local Government Area.
“After thorough investigation, we discovered that these 126 clinics and hospitals have not done formal registration and have no operational licence.”
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