Health closes the “Insan” Center for Therapeutic Nutrition in Zagazig for operating without a license and impersonating a medical doctor
The Ministry of Health and Population administratively closed the “Insan” Center For assisted treatment and therapeutic feeding, located on Ayyad Street behind the Japanese school in the city of Zagazig in Sharqia Governorate, for practicing the activity without an official license.
The closure came in implementation of the directives of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, to intensify oversight campaigns on private, non-governmental medical facilities.
A joint inspection campaign between the Free Treatment Department of the Sharkia Health Directorate and the Central Administration for Non-Governmental Treatment Institutions revealed that The center was managed by a pharmacist impersonating a doctor, in addition to filling and selling capsules and medicines containing substances of unknown origin inside the place, which violates the provisions of Law No. 153 of 2004 regulating non-governmental medical facilities.
The center was closed and waxed with red wax, and the necessary reports were drawn up on charges of running a medical facility without a license and impersonating a doctor, in preparation for referring them to the Public Prosecution.
The Ministry of Health reiterates the matter. Residents emphasize the continuation of sudden monitoring campaigns on all medical and cosmetic facilities in the various governorates of the Republic. To ensure that citizens have access to safe and licensed medical services that protect their health and safety.
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