104 more centres of quacks closed down

LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission on Wednesday has closed down 104 businesses of quacks. The Punjab Healthcare Commission teams had visited 376 treatment centres, and closed down 104 businesses, which were being run by quacks. Among these, 12 quacks were from Toba Tek Singh, Kasur 11, Rawalpindi 10, nine each Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargarh and Vehari, while the rest were from different districts of the province. Out of the total centres visited in accordance with the census, 96 quacks have quit quackery, and started other businesses. The crackdown was carried out in different districts, including Gujranwala, Pakpattan, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Faisalabad, Okara, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Toba Tek Singh, Bahawalnagar, Sahiwal, Muzaffargarh, Vehari, Sargodha and Lahore.