LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission has closed down 91 quacks’ centres in 11 districts during the last week.
The PHC enforcement teams raided 648 centres across the province, and closed 91 of these, which were being run by quacks. Also, 208 quacks were found to have shut their illegal outlets. Among the closed down centres, 12 each were in Toba Tek Singh and Rawalpindi, 11 each in Dera Ghazi Khan and Attock, 9 each in Pakpattan and Bahawalnagar, Sahiwal 8, Rahim Yar Khan 7, Chiniot 6 and five in Muzaffargarh.
In Lahore, Habib Suleman Medical and Research Centre of a self-declared scientist Shahid Hussain Sheikh was sealed.
Reports indicate that they tried to breach one of gates, harassed staff, and even scaled walls of premises
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A fierce exchange of fire ensued, but culprits managed to escape under cover of darkness
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Bokhari emphasised that cases have been registered against "Fasadis", and no one will be spared
