Govt shuts down baby factory in Awka
A healthcare dispensary residence illegally harbouring pregnant young women and girls, until they deliver their babies, has been discovered in Amansea, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Operating under the aegis of St. Norbert Hospital, health authorities were alerted to their activities following a tip-off by whistle blowers from the community.
They also engage in quackery and giving illegal medical services to people in the area.
Residents said a lot of persons have lost their lives while patronising the clinic which lacks wards, with what they designated as surgical ward being nothing to write home about both in hygiene and facilities.
Residents said hints from their own sources made the clinic to play a fast one by removing their ‘clients’ before the arrival of a team of Anambra State Ministry of Health to the premises, on Tuesday.
Speaking after sealing the clinic, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike said government decided to permanently seal off the premises as a warning that there is no room for such illegal activities in Anambra’s healthcare delivery.
According to him, government is continuously fighting quackery in health system and will not take it lightly with any unprofessional healthcare giver operating in the state.
Obidike also called on people of the area to consult registered physicians for their health needs rather than patronising quacks and unregistered clinics.
