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Lagos to set up traditional medicine offices near hospitals
- ….The chairman also urged traditional medicine practitioners to have data for better relevance
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that plans are on to set up traditional medicine offices near General Hospitals in Lagos State, Chairman of the State Traditional Medicine Board, Prof. Olubukola Oshintelu, has said.
According to her, the idea will enable residents choose which treatment option they preferred.
Prof. Oshintelu spoke yesterday during a sensitisation for traditional medicine practitioners in Badagry. According to her, patients will now decide whether they want traditional or orthodox treatment, but there will be no competition.
She said: “The state is after the wellness of its citizens, to promote the good health of our people. To those doing the practice secretly, the task force and the monitoring team will come after them, expose and reprimand them.
“This is just to make sure Lagos people are saved and reduce quackery in the sector and also reduce unnecessary incidents.”
Prof. Oshintelu however said traditional medicine practitioners must register with the board before they can practice.
“Before becoming a practitioner, you will first undergo six months mandatory training, after which a certificate will be given to you. The training does not end there because this is a matter of life and death; so, they will go another six weeks training after which some of them will become community birth attendants.
“With these training programmes, there is no reason for them to have accidents when it comes to pregnancy management and post-natal care,” she added.
The chairman also urged traditional medicine practitioners to have data for better relevance.
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“Each clinic, each practitioner, must have a record of everyone coming in. They should state what they do, and they must get their demographic data and how they are getting better. If your patients are not getting better, you have to refer them to the people who can cater for them,” she said.
Prof. Oshintelu also hinted that the board would soon begin construction of the IBILE office in Badagry, saying the Ikorodu office had been completed and waiting to be opened.
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