PHC shuts 345 quacks’ businesses

LAHORE:

The Punjab Healthcare Commission has sealed 345 illegal businesses of quacks during the last four weeks in 29 districts of the province.

During the raids, carried out according to the data and on complaints, 1,706 clinics were inspected. Out of these, 441 illegal businesses were found to have been changed. At 108 centres, qualified physicians have started treating patients.

Among the cities, the biggest crackdown was conducted in Lahore where 45 illegal medical businesses were closed after raiding 231 centres. In other cities, 24 in Sheikhupura, 21 in Bahawalnagar, 20 in Nankana Sahib, 18 in Rawalpindi, 17 in Multan and 15 each in Okara and Jhelum were shuttered.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 14^th, 2022