Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
The Lagos State government of Nigeria said it has raided and sealed 126
illegal pharmaceutical outlets over unwholesome practices in the last one year.
The state's Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who
disclosed this, added that 34 private hospitals were shut down for similar
offences.
Dr. Idris said the hospitals were closed down following
petitions received by the ministry's health facility monitoring and
accreditation unit.
The commissioner was addressing a press briefing to mark two
years in office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
"Two hundred and sixty-eight patent medicine shops were
inspected and 295 applicants recommended and approved for licensing, while 80
patent medicine store vendors were trained on the use of the rapid diagnostic
test (RDT) for malaria," Idris said.
He added that the ministry also embarked on a campaign
against drug abuse and trafficking in three public secondary schools.
The commissioner also disclosed that, in the year under
review, 5000 patients had so far benefited from the state's Eko free health
medical mission.
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