The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike directs clampdown on unregistered hospital and quack medical personnel operating in the FCT.
Mr. Wike gave the directive and said henceforth, anyone found to be operating or working in an unregistered health facilities should be arrested and prosecuted.
The FCT Minister gave this directive while reacting to the death of a pregnant woman at Afolmi Hospital, a private health facility located in Durumi, Abuja, following a caesarean section.
Chekwube Chinagorom, a 35-year-old woman, was brought in dead to Asokoro District Hospital. She was reported to have died following a Caesarean section, at Afolmi Hospital, Durumi, Abuja, an unregistered private facility operating in a substandard and unsafe medical environment.
Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement that it was unfortunate that despite the free registration of pregnant women into the Federal Capital Territory Health Insurance Scheme, most pregnant women were still not taking advantage of the scheme.
“Our pregnant women are once again urged to take advantage of this free health insurance scheme and stop visiting quack medical personnel and unregistered health facilities,” Olayinka added.
