{"id":101777,"date":"2021-11-02T21:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=101777"},"modified":"2021-11-02T21:55:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:55:12","slug":"lagos-shuts-vedic-hospital-for-employing-unlicensed-foreign-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/02\/lagos-shuts-vedic-hospital-for-employing-unlicensed-foreign-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos shuts Vedic Hospital for &#8217;employing unlicensed foreign doctors&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has closed down Vedic Lifecare Hospital in Lekki, Lagos state for &#8220;employing unlicensed expatriates&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The closure was announced on Tuesday by the executive secretary of the agency, Abiola Idowu.<\/p>\n<p>According to Idowu,<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0the expatriate staff have not been certified to practice locally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe facility was shut down for engaging three foreign doctors and a nurse with unverified certificates and without licences from any professional body\u201d, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">She, however, said the closure of the hospital does not affect the in-patients already admitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Idowu, the agency received information that some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/29\/anambra-guber-inec-speaks-on-status-of-destroyed-facilities\/\">facilities<\/a> are engaging foreign-based transient medical doctors (FBTMD) who come into the state, stay for a period of time to provide medical care to patients and perform medical procedures before returning to their respective countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Also speaking on the development, Yemisi Solanke-Koya, chairperson of the agency\u2019s governing board, said the practice raises concerns regarding the regulatory oversight of healthcare in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Solanke-Koya said she was particularly concerned about the credentials and experience of such health workers, as well as if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/22\/ignore-erdogan-those-he-called-terrorists-are-building-schools-hospitals-in-nigeria-muric-tells-buhari\/\">hospitals<\/a> employing them meet the standards required by the agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">She warned hospitals in Lagos to desist from using foreigners whose certificates and licences have not been verified by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">She, however, said Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, has directed the agency to implement a policy that will ensure that FBTMDs are approved by the MDCN to practice medicine in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">According to her, such approval must be submitted and duly registered with HEFAMAA prior to commencement of medical practice in the state to safeguard the health of Lagosians, and hold the facilities engaging FTDMBs accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has closed down Vedic Lifecare Hospital in Lekki, Lagos state for &#8220;employing unlicensed expatriates&#8221;. 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