Lagos begins clampdown on unregistered health facilities on Monday

An agency of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) will on Monday, begin a clampdown on unregistered health facilities operating in the state.

The exercise dubbed, Operation Show Your License / Certificate, according to the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Abiola Idowu, which is on the directive of the state Commissioner of health, Prof Akin Abayomi, is aimed at controlling quackery and to also verify the licenses of both public and private health facilities in the state.

She, therefore, advised all health facilities in the State, both public and private to cooperate with the Agency’s monitoring staff and present licenses of all health care workers, including certificate of registration for verification or risk sanctions.

Idowu frowned at a situation where health facilities will operate in the State without any proof of registration or licenses for their healthcare workers, noting that such action is contrary to the provisions of the 2006 Health Sector Reform Law.

“On the directive of the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, starting from Monday, our monitoring staff will visit public and private health facilities in the State to, amongst the routine responsibilities of the Agency verify their licenses to ascertain they are operating legally.

All existing healthcare facilities in the State are required by law to renew their registration annually. It is mandatory for new facilities to register with the Agency before commencing operations to safeguard the health of the citizenry” she explained.

She reiterated the need for owners of facilities in the State to take advantage of the HEFAMAA e-portal to complete their registration and renewal and also keep abreast of the programmes and activities of the Agency.

In her remarks, HEFAMAA Board Chairman, Dr. Yemisi Solanke Koya explained that the initiative is not a witch-hunting exercise, “rather it is in furtherance of our public protection mandate, HEFAMAA through the verification exercise seeks to ensure that the health facilities in Lagos State are strictly complying with the law,” she explained.

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