Zimbabwe cracks down on unregistered health facilities

The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) has launched a crackdown on unregistered health institutions in a bid to flush out illegal operations, timeslive reported.

Secretary General for HPAZ said in a statement last week that it is an offence to operate an unregistered health premise under the Health Professions Act.

The Health Professions Authority Inspectorate department is in the midst of carrying out inspections countrywide to identify premises or institutions that are not operating as stipulated under the law, according to the Secretary General.

Institutions to be targeted include hospitals, clinics, medical laboratories and consulting rooms, just to mention a few.

Under the regulations, institutions and health practitioners have to receive practicing certificates in order for them to operate under the parameters of the law.

Those found on the wrong side of the law will be liable to arrest or having their premises closed.

At the time of writing, it could not yet be ascertained if there had been any institutions or practitioners who had been identified flouting the regulations.