313 DHOs complete anti-quackery training
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As many as 313 district health officers (DHO) on Friday completed their training to carry out action against quacks across the province.
A spokesman for the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) said in the second and last phase of the joint training, held with the support of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, 208 officers of the district health authorities of five remaining divisions were imparted training, which included 49 officers of Gujranwala, 46 of Rawalpindi, 42 each of Lahore and Faisalabad, while 29 were of the Sargodha division. In the first phase during the last week, 105 officers were trained.
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They were imparted training regarding correct completion of the challan forms, collection of evidence and working on the anti-quackery mobile app of the commission for online transmission of information about sealing of quackery centres, and coordinated action against quacks. Besides this, they were given briefings about the PHC’s anti-quackery achievements, relevant rules and regulations.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2020.