We can not close Obengfo – Medical Council

General News on Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-01-30

The Ghana Medical and Dental Council (GMDC) said that all efforts to close the advanced body sculpture center, also known as the Obengfo Hospital, had failed.

The Board has alerted patients who wish to visit the facility to be cautious.

Body sculpting is a procedure that changes the shape of the human body. This includes procedures that eliminate or reduce excess skin and fat that remain after previously obese people have lost a lot of weight, in various places including the torso, upper arms, chest, and thighs. .

Dr. Obeng-Andoh, Director of the Advanced Body Sculpture Center, was judged following the pbading of Stacy Offei-Darko, Deputy Director General of the National Entrepreneurship Innovation Program. ), at his establishment last year. family described as strange circumstances.

Ms. Darko died on admission to Obengfo Hospital on May 21, 2018 after undergoing surgery by Dr. Obeng-Andoh.

Dr. Obeng-Andoh was charged with practicing unlicensed medicine and operating an unlicensed medical facility.

The doctor in difficulty denied any wrongdoing.

Police said on Friday, January 11, 2019 that it had received an "interim report" from the Prosecutor General's Office on the alleged murder case involving Dr. Obeng-Andoh and his worker.

The prosecution, headed by Chief Inspector Simon Apiorsornu, told a district court in Accra that the Attorney General had ordered the police to verify certain facts and report back for the last one. opinion.

The court chaired by Arit Nsemoh adjourned the case to 12 February 2019.

Meanwhile, Dr. EK Atikpui, GMDC Registrar, told Citi FM, based in Accra on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, that all efforts to shut down the facility and prevent its owner from engaging in illegal practices have proved futile.

"We went back to the scene to inform them when we learned that the institution had become operational regardless of whether it was closed. We went with them again to have this institution closed again.

"Unfortunately, the Medical and Dental Council is not a law enforcement agency and, therefore, we have done our part to direct or badist. or the police badist us to make sure this institution is closed. And for some reason, an individual who is supposed to have been registered by the Medical and Dental Council and to abide by the rules that govern the medical and dental practice in Ghana, decides to do justice to himself. What is it done? We report to the appropriate authority. "