LAHORE   -  While continuing with its anti-quackery drive, the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has carried out a vigorous crackdown in 12 districts, closing down 80 outlets of quacks.

The PHC enforcement teams had conducted raids on 712 treatment centres during the last week, and they found that 29 qualified physicians were then treating patients at the centres which were previously run by quacks. Also, the PHC has started surveillance of another 377 centres.

Out of 12 districts, maximum 115 raids were conducted in Rawalpindi, and 10 centres were sealed.

Similarly, the PHC shut down dozens of quacks’ outlets in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sialkot, Lodharan, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Kasur, Attock, Layyah and Vehari.

In Lahore, a number of centres of quackery including Asif Clinic, Saeed Clinic, Shakeel Clinic, Khalid Clinic, Saman Maternity Home, Hafiz Dental Clinic, Nazim Dental Surgery, Najaf Medical & General Store, Ghafoor Clinic, and Imran Homoeopathic Clinic were shut down.