Wolves in sheep's clothing:Lagos pharmacies and quackery

The rot is deep. The health sector is a suppurating sore. Quackery is rife. If there is regulation, it doesn't catch rogues. In nearly every district in Lagos there are flourishing fake clinics. It isn't just auxiliary nurses masquerading full time as doctors. There are people who have received no medical training but who are confidently running thriving hospitals. The unsuspecting public are not to blame. Patients do not usually scrutinize doctors licenses and qualifications. This army of counterfeit doctors attend to light and grave cases and routinely evacuate products of unwanted conception. The roadside patent medicine dealers have been around since the ages. They have been dangerously filling gaps left by a decrepit health system. They play the roles of doctors, pharmacists and nurses, combined. They are responsible for most of the avoidable deaths from illegal abortion.The post Wolves in sheep's clothing:Lagos pharmacies and quackery appeared first on Vanguard News.
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