LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission has closed down 99 fake treatment centres being run by quacks in four districts of the province, and initiated further proceedings against them.

According to a press release issued here on Sunday, the PHC teams had sealed 99 businesses of quacks during last week. These comprised 55 general quacks, 28 fake dentists, 14 bone-setters and two hakeems.

In the Lahore district, businesses of 17 quacks, which included eight general quacks, six fake dentists, two bone-setters and one hakeem, were closed. In the previous week’s anti-quackery campaign, the Gujranwala district topped with 42 closures of fake treatment centres comprising 20 general quacks, 15 fake dentists and seven bone-setters.

In Sargodha, businesses of 27 quacks were sealed, which included 19 general quacks, six dentists and two bone-setters. In Khushab, fake treatment centres of eight general physicians, three bone-setters, one each of dentist and hakeem were closed down.

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2018