The Punjab Healthcare Commission has suspended surgeries in 256 operation theatres of 356 hospitals, and issued show-cause notices to 314 healthcare establishments for not implementing the Minimum Service Delivery Standards. Chief Operating Officer Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan stated this during a briefing held at the PHC office for Minister Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafique on Friday.
He said that the ongoing special inspections campaign was initiated during first week of last month .PHC had earlier carried out more than 14,000 inspections of the public and private hospitals He said the PHC teams primarily inspected those areas which largely affect the masses and patients directly such as hospital infection control, operation theatre surveillance, hospital waste management arrangements, emergency services, fire and non-fire emergencies, safe blood transfusion and complaint management system.
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