PHC suspends surgeries in nine hospitals
LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission has suspended surgeries in 11 operation theatres of nine private hospitals and issued show cause notices to 23 healthcare establishments for not implementing Minimum Service Delivery Standards.
According to a press release issued here on Monday, the PHC teams inspected 23 private hospitals in Lahore and Gujranwala districts. The PHC also issued show cause notices to 11 hospitals for bad hospital waste management.
Surgeries were suspended in Saadan Hospital, Kalsoom Hospital, Geo Hospital, Al-Raazi Healthcare and Anwar Hospital of Lahore and in Gujranwala district Friends Surgical Hospital and Swiss Pakistan Hospital, City Hospital and Sial Hospital. They were directed to submit laboratory reports and written replies to the PHC.
The spokesperson of the PHC said since January, the PHC had inspected 427 HCEs, suspended surgeries in 292 OTs and served show cause notices to 383 hospitals for not implementing the MSDS and violating the PHC Act 2010. “The PHC has imposed a fine of more than Rs2.7 million,” he added.
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