PHC shuts down 77 fake medical centres in Punjab

Author: Staff Report

The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) on Thursday, closed down 77 fake medical centres in different cities of the province.

According to details, the PHC had carried out the action in Lahore, Vehari, Pakpattan, Multan, Rawalpindi, Muzaffargarh, Sialkot, Bahawalnagar and Sargodha, while being accompanied by officials of the district administration and police. As per census, they visited 300 treatment centres, sealed 77 outlets and 91 quacks were found to have quit this illegal practise.

The highest numbers of quacks, that is, 13, were closed down in Lahore, 11 each in Rawalpindi and Sialkot, nine in Faisalabad and eight in Multan.

In the provincial metropolis, Farooq Clinic, Naeem Homeo Clinic, Saafi Clinic, Al-Shifa Clinic, Al-Noor Health Care, Azhar Clinic, Farooq Dawakhana, Dar-e-Shifa Dawakhana, Shahzeb Homoeopathic Clinic, Musawar Welfare Dispensary, Al-Hamd Clinic, Fauji Clinic and Ali Akbar Clinic were sealed.

Published in Daily Times, July 6th 2018.

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