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Probe into diphtheria deaths

By our correspondents
December 12, 2015

LAHORE

A Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) team visited the Children Hospital, Lahore, to investigate the death of children due to diphtheria.  A PHC spokesperson said the team recorded the statements of doctors who treated the patients as well as the senior management of the hospital. PHC Chief Operating Officer Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan said that during the current month, 25 hospitals in 15 districts of Punjab and 22 hospitals at Lahore alone, were inspected by the PHC teams.