Daily Times

While continuing with its anti-quackery campaign, the Punjab Healthcare Commission has carried out a big crackdown in 12 districts and closed down 132 outlets of quacks. The PHC enforcement teams had conducted raids on 1,161 treatment centres during the last week. They found that 47 qualified physicians have started treating patients in the previously marked quacks’ centres. Also, the teams have started surveillance of 582 centres. Out of the 12 districts, the maximum number of 207 raids were conducted in Rawalpindi, and 17 centres were sealed. Among the rest, 20 backstreet clinics were sealed in Kasur, Dera Ghazi Khan 15, Khanewal and Gujranwala 13 each, Lahore 12, Nankana Sahab 10, Vehari 9, seven each in Chakwal and Sheikhupura, Multan 5 and four in Lodharan. In Lahore, Al-Jannat Clinic, Azan Clinic, Kashif Clinic, Karamat Clinic, Jia Bhagga Medical and Gynae Centre, Husnain Clinic, Zaman Medical Store, Dental Home and Nutrition Centre, Fakhri Clinic, Rasheed Clinic, Shabbir Ahmed Homoeopathic Clinic and Ali Clinic were shuttered.