The Ministry of Health (MoH) has directed the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) to enforce the immediate closure of aesthetic clinics operating illegally.
Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary (PS) Mary Muthoni said that the decision was arrived at after the MoH, through the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, in collaboration with various health regulatory agencies, concluded a comprehensive assessment of aesthetic clinics and beauty spas offering plastic surgery.
The PS said that the inspection was also done on facilities conducting invasive cosmetic procedures in Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, and Eldoret.
Muthoni said that this assessment was initiated following a directive by the Ministry to investigate compliance with licensing and safety standards after the tragic death of a patient at Omnicare Medical Limited.
