Ondo State Govt to rid health sector of quacks

The Ondo State Government said on Wednesday that it would adopt strict measures to rid the health sector of quacks to safeguard the lives of its residents.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, made this known in Akure, after a briefing by the monitoring team of the Hospital Services Department of the ministry.

Adegbenro, who expressed concern about activities of quacks, promised to bring perpetrators to book.

He said that the state government would push for maximum punishment for offenders as deterrent to those who had no value for life.

The commissioner said that the state had zero tolerance for quackery; hence the ministry would make monitoring a more regular exercise.

He appealed to residents to beware of where they go to seek medical attention as government had provided qualitative health care for the people.