DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has suspended surgical services of two private hospitals and issued them notices for not implementing the minimum service delivery standards (MSDS), sources told Dawn.

According to the details, the PHC teams inspected four hospitals of Dera Ghazi Khan. Out of these, all kinds of the surgical service of the DG Eye and General Hospital and Jinnah Surgical Complex were suspended till the implementation of standardised measures and submission of the laboratory report to the PHC.

Moreover, these hospitals had also been directed not to carry out indoor treatment and allowed only outpatient department facility for the patients.

The spokesperson for the PHC told Dawn all these hospitals had been directed to implement the MSDS and appear before the PHC hearing committee to submit a written reply about the reasons for failure in implementing the standards.

“In case, they fail to submit a satisfactory reply, fine can be imposed on them,” he said while adding that these healthcare establishments would not be able to provide surgical services till the compliance with the PHC directions.

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2021