laboratories

A total of four private laboratories in Accra have been closed down by the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) for engaging the services of unlicensed personnel and using equip­ment that are not fit for purpose. They are Acumed Diagnostic Service, Samsandy Health Centre, Chalton Medical Centre, and Occuhealth Health Centre. According to Mr Kweku Asenso Brob­bey, Deputy Director of Public Relations, AHPC, the laboratories failed to meet the required operational standards in the practice of allied health service delivery. Briefing the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, he said the closure of the labora­tories followed an inspection and enforce­ment exercise conducted…