4 clinics closed in Kumasi | Health

Lake Road Clinic, a famous private health center in Atonsu in Kumasi, has been closed for failure to comply with the relevant health regulatory regime.
The operators of the center were consequently arrested by the Kumasi Central Police Command for violating the Health Facilities and Facilities Act 2011 (Law 829), established by the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency ( HeFRA).

A joint task force made up of police, ambulance service personnel and HeFRA personnel also closed three other health centers identified in the metropolis for similar violations of the law.

These are De-Castro Home Care in Aboabo, well known for its claims on the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; Krispat Hearing Center Ghana Limited in Oforikrom; and the Echoscan diagnostic center located at the entrance to the Tafo government hospital in Kumasi.

All four institutions would operate without the required permit.

HeFRA chief executive Dr Phillip Bannor said all relevant institutions were given more than six months’ notice to register with the agency, but failed to do so.

Lake Road Clinic

At the Lake Road Clinic – which operates out of a three-bedroom stand-alone building in the Kumasi High School Junction area – three people who had come to see the “doctor” were told to leave and seek treatment elsewhere.

Indeed, the working group realized that the installation did not work with a license, while the general environment seemed neglected and unsanitary.

Dr Bannor, who led the inspection team, expressed disgust with the conditions at the center, describing the environment as “a miserable situation”.

He said “there is no indication that the facility attempted to obtain a license” as the team recovered rusted diagnostic and operating kits, including scissors and a sterilizer, from the facility.

Dr Bannor said a lady had previously visited the center as a ‘mystery shopper’, and it was on the revelations of that visit that the team embarked on the operation to find out more.

The necessary measures

Informing the media after the exercise, Dr Bannor said the exercise became necessary because some healthcare facilities were operating to unacceptable standards, while many were not licensed or registered with the agency.

He said it was unfortunate that several attempts by the agency to get them to comply with the law fell on deaf ears, adding that HeFRA would no longer allow these facilities to continue to ignore. of the law with impunity.

He called on the public to support the agency by reporting any healthcare facility suspected of operating without a license.