Health CS Duale Unleashes Special Police Unit to Crack Down on Quack Doctors

The Minsitery of Health (MoH) has moved to tame the alarming rise of quack medical practitioners administering health services to Kenyans. Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale said on Sunday announced the formation of an anti-fraud police unit to crack down on unlicensed and untrained medics as well as medial clinics. The special police unit will be deployed alongside the Kenya Medical Practitioners Council officials targeting fake cinics and quack doctors to enforce required standards. “We will crack the whip. We are planning to form an Anti-fraud police unit to deal with fraud in SHA,” he said. “If you are The post Health CS Duale Unleashes Special Police Unit to Crack Down on Quack Doctors appeared first on Nairobi Wire.

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The Minsitery of Health (MoH) has moved to tame the alarming rise of quack medical practitioners administering health services to Kenyans. Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale said on Sunday announced the formation of an anti-fraud police unit to crack down on unlicensed and untrained medics as well as medial clinics.

The special police unit will be deployed alongside the Kenya Medical Practitioners Council officials targeting fake cinics and quack doctors to enforce required standards.

“We will crack the whip. We are planning to form an Anti-fraud police unit to deal with fraud in SHA,” he said.

“If you are a quack doctor or a healthcare practitioner who is not licensed, I am telling them they better look for somewhere else where they can do quack business.”

According to CS Duale, the Minstry will also digitise the healthcare system from a central dashboard that will enlist all licensed dentists, physicians, and pharmacies and those operating illegally.

“The law is very clear, you cannot run a health clinic if you are not licensed by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council. We are forming a multi-agency task force and increasing the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council’s budget,” Duale stated.

The government response comes in the wake of a shocking case in which a patient died following complications from a botched tooth extraction after visiting a quack dentist in Kawangware, Nairobi.

Amos Isoka died Wednesday evening while receiving treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital after developing severe swelling of the neck, tongue and chest.

“Tomorrow morning, I will direct KNH to waive all the bills of our late brother, who was mishandled by the quack doctor. This will be the same way we do when people even go there after being injured during protests or other events,” Duale said Sunday.

DCI detectives have since returned to the illegal clinic in Kawangware, searching for evidence that could aid their investigation. Among the items seized by police are: laboratory equipment, assorted drugs, and an identification card bearing the name “Lawrence King’atua Kamau.”

A manhunt is also underway to arrest the suspects who are still at large.

Additionally, a new regulatory framework known as the “scope of practice” is set to be instituted to ensure medical procedures are undertaken by only trained practitioners.

“Once we launch the Scope of Practice, every health worker will only treat patients based on what they studied in college. No more grey areas,” CS Duale noted.

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