Anambra Govt Seals Four Illegal Health Centres in Onitsha

The Anambra State Ministry of Health, has sealed off four unregistered and illegal health institutions in Onitsha. The Health Institutions are God’s Victory hospital and maternity, located at No. 10 Ogigi Street, off Isiokpe Street, Ugwuagba Obosi; Cheznik Medical Diagnostic Laboratories and Research Centre at No. 35 Utuh Street Awada; Denco Clinic and Laboratory as well as Angels of God, Hospital Complex, located at No. 36 Mgbemena Street also at Awada. The seal off exercise became necessary following the inspection of health facilities at Onitsha and environs by the Ministry of Health. Speaking while monitoring the facilities, the leader of the team and the state commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, reiterated the readiness and determination of the ministry to flushing illegal health operators out of the nooks and crannies of the state. He emphasised that the law will take its course on such illegal health establishments. At most of the facilities monitored, the commissioner condemned the unhealthy and poor sanitary condition of the hospitals and lamented a situation where people endanger their lives, in accessing health care services. Speaking to the press after the inspection tour, the Director of medical services, ministry of Health, Dr. Azubuike Nweje, explained that the tour was aimed at re-certification of health care facilities in the state. According to him, the checklist to fish out such illegal facilities will be a continuous process, even as he advised the citizenry to be careful in their quest for health care services.