Daily Times

The Punjab Healthcare Commission has sealed 86 centres of quacks in eight cities of the province during the last week. As per details, the PHC enforcement teams had raided 605 treatment centres. Out of these, 186 were found to have been converted into other business or shifted to other places, whereas 17 have become legal since qualified physicians have started practice. Also, the PHC will keep surveillance of 296 treatment centres. The closed down centres included 16 in Toba Tek Singh, Rahim Yar Khan 15, 13 each in Khanewal and Bahawalpur, Chakwal 11, Nakana Sahab 10, four each in Gujranwala and Sheikhupura. These comprised dental centres, laboratories, medicine stores and pharmacies, maternity homes, optical shops, etc., and treatment centres of hakeems and homoeopathic doctors, who were found to be prescribing allophathic medicines.