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Abia State Ministry of Health has frowned at the practice of holding outreaches in the State without authorization.
The State government has also decried the hospitalisation of some persons who attended a free medical outreach in Abiriba, Ohafia LGA, on Saturday, maintaining that the distribution of drugs to the public by uncertified persons was without the authorisation of the state government.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Enoch Ogbonnaya Uche, who said this in a press release on Sunday, said that the organisers of the medical outreach did not obtain approval from the state government before embarking on the exercise.
He therefore announced that any medical outreach without authorisation from the Ministry of Health is illegal and can put the health of Abia people in jeopardy, warning that those who do so would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
According to Prof. Uche, preliminary reports showed that medications distributed during the outreach may have caused adverse drug reactions among unsuspecting recipients, even as he said that the identified victims of these untoward medical events are currently receiving medical attention at designated public health facilities within the state.
He said, “Our dedicated healthcare personnel are working assiduously to stabilise and treat affected people. The Abia State Ministry of Health is deeply concerned by the dire consequences and high risk posed by unauthorised healthcare activities. We wish to hereby warn the public to be cautious of individuals and groups organising unapproved healthcare events.”
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