KARACHI, March 22: The Association of Private Hospitals and Clinics has called for early promulgation of an ordinance to regulate functioning of private sector healthcare centres in the province.

A meeting of the association chaired by its President Dr Muhammad Ali Shah observed that the draft of the proposed ordinance had been forwarded to the Association by the provincial health secretary. The draft had since been endorsed by the APHC, said a press release. The meeting also condemned all those forces which were trying to distort the draft.

The meeting reiterated its unanimously view that there should be legislation to monitor the functioning of all hospitals in order to improve the standard of healthcare. It said that the monitoring body should be a self-regulatory authority and should have representation of all stake-holders, both from public and private sectors.—Staff Reporter