LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission sealed 86 treatment centres run by quacks in eight cities of the province in the last week.
The closed down centres included 16 in Toba Tek Singh, 15 in Rahimyar Khan, 13 each in Khanewal and Bahawalpur, 11 in Chakwal, 10 in Nakana Sahab, four each in Gujranwala and Sheikhupura.
Among them were dental centres, laboratories, medicine stores and pharmacies, maternity homes, optical shops, etc., and treatment centres of hakeems and homoeopathic doctors, who were found to be prescribing allopathic medicines.
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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