Cross River govt closes 14 health facilities for quackery - Premium Times Nigeria

  • 📰 PremiumTimesng
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 30 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 78%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

Cross River govt closes 14 health facilities for quackery

The Chairman of the Board, Norbert Mogar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Calabar, said the facilities were shut down between 2017 and 2019.

According to him, the intensified surveillance was carried out with a view to curbing the rate of medical quackery in the state, especially in the remote areas.The private hospital regulatory board was inaugurated in 2007. While highlighting the achievements of the board in three years, Mr Mogar said it carried out a mapping of all private facilities across the state for easy evaluation.

The board also recovered some facilities that were operating illegally without government licence while such facilities are now registered and paying taxes and other levies to the government.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in HEALTH

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

C/River closes 14 health facilities - The Nation NewspaperThe Cross River Private Hospital Regulatory Board has shut down 14 health facilities in the state for medical quackery and substandard operations.
Source: TheNationNews - 🏆 6. / 69 Read more »