Two hospitals in Lahore stopped from working

LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission has stopped two hospitals from functioning and imposed Rs0.6 million fine on them for negligence in treating patients. It has also sent cases of two doctors to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for initiating further legal proceedings.

According to a press release issued here on Saturday, the PHC imposed Rs0.5 million fine on the Faisal Medicare Trust Hospital in Pakpattan for providing poor health facilities. An applicant, Muhammad Ijaz, had said that his right arm got fractured in a road accident, and he went to the hospital where Faisal performed surgery. But after a week, his fingers showed impaired movement. In its investigation, the commission found out that Faisal was actually a homeopath, but disguised himself to be an orthopaedic surgeon.

The registration of the hospital was cancelled and Rs0.5m fine was imposed on it for providing treatment to patients by unqualified staff and misrepresentation during the proceedings with the PHC. Moreover, the case of a doctor, Dr Muhammad Waseem, was sent to the PMDC for carrying out surgeries at an ill-equipped healthcare establishment.

In another case, the Ali Medicare Centre in Okara was also stopped from working and fined Rs0.1m for employing unqualified staff for treating patients. Applicant Khalid Mehmood had claimed that he took his son to the centre for treatment but his condition deteriorated since an unqualified dispenser, Shahjehan, treated him wrongly.