No fewer than 20 health facilities were shut down by Lagos State government through its enforcement agency, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency ( HEFAMAA) in August.
The facilities were shut for non-compliance with regulatory standards.
The executive secretary, HEFAMAA, Abiola Idowu provided the figure after an inspection exercise carried out by the agency, saying the ugly trend of having unqualified personnel work in health facilities must stop.
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She also insisted that the environment for the dispensation of medical care must be suitable and hygienic for the promotion and maintenance of good health across the state.
The government, she said, was committed to ridding the system of quackery and illegal facilities. Part of the strategies to achieve this, she explained, would be consistent surveillance and monitoring of health facilities while also soliciting the support of members of the public in the task.
She explained that eHEFAMAA offers a robust complaint mechanism whereby members of the public could channel their grievances directly to the agency for prompt actions and solutions. She further assured that the agency would continue to leverage the platform with a view to improving on its mandate and broaden access to its various services by the public.
