LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission on Wednesday closed down 53 quackery outlets in different cities.
According to a press release, the PHC had carried out action in Faisalabad, Attock, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Khanewal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Jhang and Sargodha, while being accompanied by officials of the district administration and police.
As per the census, they visited 196 treatment centres, sealed 53 outlets while 69 quacks were found to have quit the profession.
The highest number of quacks - 14 - were closed down in Gujranwala, 11 in Jhang and eight each in Rawalpindi and Sialkot.
Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2018
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