Accra, Sept. 24, GNA - Mr Samuel Owusu-Agyei, Deputy Minister for Health has said as much as the ministry is prepare to work with private individuals and institutions it would also enforce the necessary regulations on them to ensure quality healthcare delivery services. He said it was through the enforcement of the available regulations and harnessing the existing potentials, opportunities and resources, both human and financial, that the expected standards of medical care could be met.

Mr Owusu-Agyei said this when he launched the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Alternative Medicine Practitioners in Accra on Friday.

The Deputy Minister, who is also Member of Parliament for Effutu, said the ministry had noted with concern the upsurge of alternative medicine practice in the country saying this was giving way to quackery, acquisition of unregistered medical devices and engagement in all forms of unhealthy practices.

He said the ministry in order to check the situation had collaborated with a cross-section of representatives of the various alternative medicine practice associations and other stakeholders to obtain inputs to formulate a code of ethics and standard of practice document.

Mr George Agyemfra, Deputy Director of Health in-charge of Traditional and Alternative Medicine Practice, urged the alternative medicines practitioners to work with the code of ethics to enable their practices to conform to standards within the sector. He asked them to assist the ministry to flush out the quacks in the system to help promote quality healthcare delivery.