By; MKPUMA ENYINNA, Abakaliki
In a committed effort to sanitize the health sector of Ebonyi State, the state government under the administration of Gov. Francis Nwifuru has shut down five hospitals due to quackery and other illicit activities.
The affected quack centres that have been closed down include, Eleri Hospital in Afikpo, Party Hospital in Ugbodo, Homeopathic Specialist Hospital in Igbeagu, St. Patrick Hospital in Iboko, and Alexander Hospital in Umuezeoka.
Gov. Nwifuru disclosed this on the floor of the House, while presenting the 2024 budget, tagged “Budget of Innovations and Success,” to the Ebonyi State House of Assembly. He also noted that three major distributors of fake drugs in the state have been arrested in collaboration with NAFDAC, saying that a total of 107 medical quacks have signed an undertaking with the task force on medical quackery, committing not to indulge in quackery in the state again.
The governor further emphasized that the heart of his administration is within the health and education sectors. He emphasized, “Our ongoing efforts to upgrade all 13 general hospitals across the state are not just infrastructural enhancements. They are pathways to healing and hope.”
