PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Health Care Commission has claimed to have sealed 48 illegal and unregistered health centers across the province in one month.
In its performance report for the month of August released on Tuesday, the commission said that the commission teams inspected 409 health centres in the province and issued notices to 123 centres while 48 were sealed over gross violation of health facilities.
It completed a comprehensive review of nine major hospitals about healthcare facilities and assessed infrastructure, diagnosis, treatment and examination facilities for the patients.
Similarly, the Commission issued registration certificates to 617 health centres in the month of August and completed the training of eight major hospitals.
The Commission conducted successful crackdown against quackery in several districts of the province including Abbottabad, Malakand, Peshawar, Swat and Bannu and sealed unregistered and uncertified quake centres. —APP
