Mr Agyemang Badu, Head of Operations, Health Facilities Regulatory Agency locking the Susan Clinic in Latebiokorshie
The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has shut down four health institutions in Accra for operating without licence.
The affected institutions are the Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, also known as the Obengfo Hospital at Weija, the Susan Clinic at Latebiokorshie, the China Recovery Clinic, and the Grace Diagnostic Clinic, both located at Achimota.
The Health Institutions and Facilities Act 2011, Act 829, which established the HeFRA, empowers it to shut down any health facility which does not meet standards established by the law.
Per the law, a person shall not operate a health facility unless it is licensed under the act.
The mothers, who fell victims to the baby harvesting scandal involving some health officers including at least two medical doctors, have been sharing their harrowing experience of being told their babies died, when indeed the tots are alive.
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The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has commenced processes to prosecute the owners of four private health institutions that were shut down by the agency last Friday for operating without licence.
The Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, also known as the Obengfo Hospital; the Susan Clinic, the China Recovery Clinic and the Grace Diagnostic Clinic – all in Accra – were closed down in an enforcement exercise by HeFRA last Friday.
The exercise formed part of efforts by the regulator to enforce The Health Institutions and Facilities Act 2011, Act 829 which empowers it to shut down any health facility that does not register with it to be licensed or does not meet standards established by the law.
Mr Agyemang Badu, Head of Operations, Health Facilities Regulatory Agency locking the Susan Clinic in Latebiokorshie
The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has shut down four health institutions in Accra for operating without licence.
The affected institutions are the Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, also known as the Obengfo Hospital at Weija, the Susan Clinic at Latebiokorshie, the China Recovery Clinic, and the Grace Diagnostic Clinic, both located at Achimota.
The Health Institutions and Facilities Act 2011, Act 829, which established the HeFRA, empowers it to shut down any health facility which does not meet standards established by the law.
Per the law, a person shall not operate a health facility unless it is licensed under the act.
Accra: HeFRA close down Susan Clinic for operating without medical license Listen to article
The Health Facilities Regulatory Authority (HeFRA) under the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service has closed down the Susan Clinic at Lartebiorkorshie in Accra.
The private health firm which belongs to one of the doctors alleged to have engaged in a baby syndicate, Dr. Hope Quarshie was shut down by the joint team for practising without a license.
According to nearby residents, the facility has not been operating since December 31, 2020.
The Registrar of the Health Facilities Regulatory Authority, Dr. Philip Bannor spoke to the media after shutting down the facility.