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Hospital Services Department Arrest Fake Doctor In Ondo
Ministry Of Health Fights Against Illegal Hospital
The Hospital Services Department of the Ondo State Ministry of Health has arrested a man identified as Emmanuel Owolanke, for operating an illegal hospital.
Owolanke, who has his hospital situated at Uso town, in the Owo Local Government Area, was alleged to be carrying out surgical operations on unsuspected patients and parading himself as a medical doctor.
Dr Wahab Adegbenro, the state Commissioner for Health, who led the medical team to arrest the alleged fake doctor, stated that some patients had lost their lives in the hand of Owolanke.
He said, “Owolanke has been parading himself as a medical doctor and operating an illegal hospital, Devine Hospital, behind St. Andrews Anglican Church in Uso.
“He has been apprehended and handed over to law enforcement agents.”
Adegbenro said the government had earlier closed down the hospital, but Owolanke allegedly reopened it.
He declared that the government would press for maximum punishment for the offender as a deterrent to those who did not have value for life, noting that the state had zero tolerance for quackery.
