Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged medical practitioners to collaborate with the government in addressing the issue of quackery within the healthcare profession.
He called on healthcare professionals to assist the government in identifying and dealing with individuals engaging in unethical practices, emphasizing the severe and irreversible damages caused by such bad actors.
The governor made these remarks during the opening ceremony of the National Association of Government General Medical And Dental Practitioners (NAGMDP) National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Osogbo on Saturday.
Represented by his Special Adviser on Public Health, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, Adeleke underscored the significant responsibilities of medical doctors in society.
He urged the medical community to actively discourage any form of quackery or substandard practices within the association.
He said, “As professionals backed by laws and ordinances of your ethics, you have enormous responsibilities, the reach and the gavel to save lives even before the surgical knives in the theatre.
“More often is the fact that irreparable damages are done to the body system of victims of quackery before they are forced to your table. This, I believe we must collaborate to bring to a halt in the country.
“While the government works round our notable challenges in proffering sustainable solutions, I urge this council on behalf of our people and as patients would always beckon on their physicians, to do everything within your professional reach to combat the menace of quackery in the system.”
“I am aware the challenges you are going through goes beyond the recent approval of hazard allowances for medical practitioners in the state,” he added.
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