The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has closed down 223 fake treatment centres in 28 cities of the province, while four quacks had been booked for illegally de-sealing outlets.
According to the PHC officials, the Rahim Yar Khan police had registered first information reports (FIRs) against four quacks of Sadiqabad for illegally de-sealing their previously sealed outlets.
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On the other hand, the PHC enforcement teams had raided 2,116 treatment centres during the past three weeks, and shut down 223 outlets. Also, as per the census data, 589 quacks were found to have quit their illegal businesses, while the provincial health commission teams would continue surveillance of 1,125 centres.
Major actions were carried out in Rawalpindi and Faisalabad where 19 centres each were closed down. The rest included 15 in Pakpattan, 14 in Lahore, 13 each in Multan and Khushab, 11 each in Chakwal and Nankana Sahab, and 10 in Kasur.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 18th, 2021.
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