LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission on Tuesday closed down 39 centres of quacks in different parts of the city, says a press release.

The PHC teams visited 178 treatment centres and sealed 39 outlets being run by quacks. These included 22 quacks, who were posing as general physicians, 11 bone-setters and hakeems, three laboratories and two dentists.

The centres where treatment facilities were being provided by quacks included Ali Medical Store and Clinic, Al-Mumtaz Hospital, Arif Clinic, Jameel Clinic, Naveed Clinic, Amjad Ali Clinic, Rasheed Clinic, Haidari Clinic, Arshad Clinic, Anwar Clinic, Madina Dispensary, Naeem Clinic, Saddam Mustafa Clinic, Mumtaz Clinic, Anwar Clinic, Gulzar Clinic, Usman Clinic, Tariq Clinic, Aslam Clinic, Farooq Homeopathic Clinic, Javed Medical Store and Ali Medical Hall.

Moreover, businesses of 11 fake hakeems and bone-setters were sealed as well, and these were Khan Shifakhana Jarrah, Iftikhar Jarrah, Asif Jarrah, Meeran Laal Haddi Jorr, Sardar Jee Unani Dawakhana, Haddi Jorr Markaz, Azam Dawakhana, Muhammad Rafique Jarrah, Farooq Ahmed Pehalwan, Shahid Jeelan Jarrah and Lajpaal Jarrah. Also, three laboratories Nasir Lab, Jinnah Lab Collection Centre and Al-Hamd Lab, and two fake dental outlets Irfan Dental Clinic and Waleed Dental Clinic were also closed down.

Published in Dawn, June 6th, 2018