Lab collection centres to be regularised

Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) was taking steps for the regularisation of the laboratories’ collection centres and improvement of their services. In a consultative meeting held on Friday at the PHC office, a draft of the minimum service delivery standards (MSDS) and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the collection centres was given to the experts and stakeholders for further consultations. Besides this, members of the PHC senior management including Dr Zarfishan Tahir, Professor Fauzia Ashraf, Dr Ahsan Malik, Dr Natasha Anwar, Dr Umer Chugtai, Dr Aamir Mufti and others discussed the standards and framework at length. The experts made useful and practical recommendations for improving the MSDS draft. PHC Director Clinical Governance and Organisational Standards Dr Mushtaq Ahmed Salariya briefed the meeting about the preparation of the MSDS for the centres.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26^th, 2020.