Report clinics without operational certificates - Iddrisah

Madam Florence Iddrisah, the Dormaa Central Municipal Director of Health Services, has appealed to health workers in the Municipality to report private health facilities operating without certificates of registration.

She said the continuous operation of such ‘mushroom clinics’ was dangerous to the health and well-being of their clients and the general public because the quality of their services could not be guaranteed.

Madam Iddrisah made the appeal during the 2015 annual performance review meeting of the Municipal Health Directorate on Tuesday at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Brong-Ahafo Region.

The programme, attended by heads of departments, health personnel, the media, civil/public servants and some personnel of the security agencies, was to review the 2015 performance of the Health Directorate.

She said there was a need for collaboration between her outfit and the health officials, particularly those in deprived communities to expose the activities of those unaccredited facilities.

Mr Kwame Owusu-Amponsah, the Municipal Disease Control Officer, said in 2015, four cases of yaws and five cases of elephantiasis were reported but have all been treated.

He said other activities embarked upon by his outfit included the control of the incidence of buruli ulcer, malaria, leprosy, whooping cough, neonatal tetanus, HIV/AIDS, and awareness creation campaigns.

Mr Yiadom Boakye, a Physician Assistant at the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, called for proper demarcation of the houses and street names for swift ambulance services in the Municipality.