The Ogun State Ministry of Health has closed down twelve privately owned hospitals in the state to check quackery.
Seven of the hospitals were shut in Ijebu-Igbo while five were closed down in Ijebu-Ode.
Also, an illegal mortuary located at Ago-Iwoye in Ijebu-Igbo, was also closed by the monitoring team from the state’s Department of Hospital Services.
The team was led by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Nafiu Aigoro.
Commenting on the closure of the hospitals, Ipaye said:, “The step was taken in order to stamp out quackery in the state health sector. Any facility found operating without validation by the state government would be deemed as operating illegally.
“The state government would no longer condone the activities of quacks in the health sector. He said.
The commissioner further disclosed that the exercise would be carried out across the 20 local government areas in the state.
