Lagos Seals 126 Illegal Pharmacies, 34 Hospitals
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illegal pharmaceutical outlets were raided and sealed by officials of Lagos
state government over unwholesome practices in the last one year.
Another 34 private hospitals were shut down for similar offences.
The state's Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this, said
the hospitals were closed down following petitions received by the ministry's
health facility monitoring and accreditation unit.
The commissioner was addressing a press to mark two years in
office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
"Two hundred and sixty-eight patent medicine shops were
inspected and 295 applicants recommended and approved for licensing, while 80
patent medicine store vendors were trained on the use of the rapid diagnostic
test (RDT) for malaria," Idris said.
He added that the ministry also embarked on a campaign against
drug abuse and trafficking in three public secondary schools.
The commissioner also disclosed that, in the year under review,
5000 patients had so far benefited from the state's Eko free health medical
mission.
Idris also disclosed that 60 patients were screened for limb
deformity in October 2016, out of which 13 benefited from surgeries at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), 12 benefited from orthotic
devices and eight benefited from physiotherapy.
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