Kenya Orders Shutdown of Unlicensed Beauty Clinics.
Kenya's health leaders told medical officials to close beauty clinics that operate without proper papers. This move came after they examined places that conduct beauty operations in major cities like Nairobi and Mombasa.
The search started last November when Lucy Wambui died after a beauty operation. Officials checked 26 clinics that changed how people looked. They found that 20 followed the rules. Three had asked for papers but were waiting. Three more ran without any right to do so.
Public Health leader Mary Muthoni shared what they learned. Her team looked at 102 beauty shops. Seven of these shops did deep skin work without having trained people or proper papers. Many places had problems. Four out of ten shops did not have basic medical supplies for emergencies. A quarter of them did not keep their tools clean enough.
Muthoni set clear time limits for fixes. Places with dirty tools must be cleaned up in 30 days. Those without emergency supplies have 60 days to add them. Every shop needs to write down its safety steps in 60 days.
The government plans to make new rules about beauty operations to keep people safe. Muthoni asked the public to pick only the proper doctors for any beauty work. She made it clear that no beauty shop can do deep skin work unless it has official permission.
Kenya's health leaders told medical officials to close beauty clinics that operate without proper papers. This move came after they examined places that conduct beauty operations in major cities like Nairobi and Mombasa.
The search started last November when Lucy Wambui died after a beauty operation. Officials checked 26 clinics that changed how people looked. They found that 20 followed the rules. Three had asked for papers but were waiting. Three more ran without any right to do so.
Public Health leader Mary Muthoni shared what they learned. Her team looked at 102 beauty shops. Seven of these shops did deep skin work without having trained people or proper papers. Many places had problems. Four out of ten shops did not have basic medical supplies for emergencies. A quarter of them did not keep their tools clean enough.
Muthoni set clear time limits for fixes. Places with dirty tools must be cleaned up in 30 days. Those without emergency supplies have 60 days to add them. Every shop needs to write down its safety steps in 60 days.
The government plans to make new rules about beauty operations to keep people safe. Muthoni asked the public to pick only the proper doctors for any beauty work. She made it clear that no beauty shop can do deep skin work unless it has official permission.
