Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Affiliation (NMA) in Plateau State, Dr Bapigaan Audu, has expressed fear over quackery within the medical occupation within the nation, stressing that the federal government in any respect ranges ought to make concerted efforts to sort out the menace.
Talking in Jos, the Plateau State capital, throughout the annual normal assembly/ scientific convention organised by the Nigerian Medical Affiliation, Plateau State Chapter, he mentioned, “Quackery in medication is a supply of fear to registered medical practitioners as a result of they play on the gullibility of members of the general public.”
In his phrases, “ The theme of this AGM, Affected person Advocacy and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Combating the Menace of Medical Quackery, is apt and punctiliously chosen to lift the general public’s consciousness of the damaging results of medical quackery.”
He additionally known as for needed actions from the federal government of Plateau State and the related safety and regulatory companies to ramp up monitoring actions to revive sanity to the healthcare house in Plateau State.
“Searchlight should be beamed additional than the city areas into the agricultural areas the place these quacks are having a subject day largely as a result of absence of normal medical services and the requisite, skilled human useful resource for well being to man these centres the place they’re obtainable.”
He additionally added that NMA in Plateau State has collaborated with safety companies to rid the well being house of quacks.
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In the meantime, Prof. Nuhu Dakum, who gave a keynote deal with titled “Affected person Advocacy and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Combating the Menace of Quackery”, mentioned the options to quackery in Nigeria embody, to be affected person advocacy whereas authorities in any respect ranges ought to endeavour to handle the menace of poverty.
He additionally decried the dearth of entry to high quality healthcare, stressing that quackery would have been eradicated if all of the residents had entry to high quality well being care no matter their standing in society.
Dakum additional mentioned that well being training is essential; subsequently, residents needs to be correctly guided on the necessity to go to recognised authorities hospitals for remedy.
In line with him, regulatory companies like MDCN, PCN, and different monitoring groups ought to shine their searchlights in all elements of the state to establish quack medical doctors and flush them out earlier than a lot hurt is precipitated.
