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The Ogun state Government on
Thursday sealed a private morgue at Gbogbolowo community in Ifo Local
Government Area of the state for operating illegally.
Dr Lasisi Odeniyi,
the Permanent Secretary, Ogun Ministry of Health, who supervised the
sealing of the building, said that the morgue was not properly
registered as three corpses were evacuated from the facility.
He said that activities of the morgue posed serious health hazards to
members of the community.
Odeniyi explained that the closure had become necessary to serve as deterrent to others who engaged in such illegal acts.
He
stressed that there were laid down rules for the establishment of
private hospitals, maternity homes, laboratory centres and other health
facilities in the state.
He noted that the
building had no approved plan and that the owner would soon be served a
demolition notice by the relevant government agency.
He said "Ogun
Government has zero tolerance for quackery and will not condone the
operation of any illegal health facility in the state.’’
Meanwhile,
Odeniyi had ordered that the corpses evacuated from the facility should
be deposited at the state-owned mortuary and be released to their
families after proper identification