Kano state government has read a riot act to operators of patent medicine stores in the state for allegedly rendering clinical services in their facilities.
The Executive Secretary, Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA), Dr. Tijjani Aliyu, who warned the patent medicine operators, said operating clinical services by operators of patent medicine is a violation of laws governing their operations.
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Dr. Aliyu, in a statement he issued to newsmen in Kano, explained that the agency has discovered a private patent medicine, Sauki Chemist in Sitti village in Sumaila local government area of Kano state rendering clinical services to its customers.
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He said government has closed down the Chemist and ordered for further investigation with a view to punishing the owner of the chemist to serve as deterrent to other patent medicine operators in the state.
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“The Agency has during its visit to the chemist in question, confiscated three hospital beds, drip stands, used syringes and other hospital consumables in the premises of the chemists and this contravenes the laws and guidelines of the agency and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN).
“With such persistent unhealthy practices in patent medicine stores across the state, the agency will intensify its campaign against quackery patent medicine stores and anyone found to be conducting illegal services will be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the law and guidelines of the Agency,” the statement revealed.
