Ministry cracks whip on quacks
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Getting
tough
* Nearly 6,000 quacks in the
country
* Raids on bogus medical
institutions |
Quacks who take innocent patients for a ride by posing as qualified
doctors running so called medical institutions countrywide are to be
rounded up and brought to book by the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry
soon.
This follows a directive issued by Healthcare and Nutrition Minister
Nimal Siripala de Silva to Ministry officials recently.
Accordingly, Medical Officers of Health will be empowered to identify
quacks posing as genuine doctors in their respective areas and bring
them before the law. The gazette notification empowering the MOH to take
these steps will be issued soon to enable them begin raids on bogus
medical institutions from January.
According to Ministry estimates there are nearly 6,000 quacks
operating as qualified doctors countrywide said, the Ministry release. |
