31 health centres sealed for non-compliance with regulations

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Care Commission teams inspected 297 health facilities out of which 96 were issued notices, and 31 were sealed due to non-compliance with regulations.

Issuing the monthly progress report for the month of October, the commission said 2,575 health centres were registered and 10,909 geo-tagged in the field. The commission provided training to the staff of healthcare centres on Minimum Service Delivery Standards. In the month of October, 49 staff members of 16 hospitals were trained. Provisional licenses were awarded to 16 hospitals during this month. Experts evaluated 12 hospitals across the province.

The commission utilised a comprehensive strategy to combat quackery, encompassing the facilitation of registration of qualified healthcare providers, the execution of eradication campaigns, and the enhancement of public awareness. According to the report, teams inspected a total of 297 health facilities out of which 96 were issued notices, and 31 were sealed due to non-compliance with regulations.

The commission received 223 complaints during this quarter and successfully resolved 20 percent of them. It conducted five-day capacity building training with the collaboration of Medical and Teaching Institute Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar on biomedical equipment.