SHCC Imposes Rs 1.3 Million Penalty On Quacks

KARACHI: The Directorate of Anti-Quackery of Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) held its 7th meeting at its Karachi Head Office.  

During the meeting, over 37 cases of quackery were reviewed to be penalized all over the province. The Committee Chair and Board of Commissioners penalized 35 proven cases.

The total amount of Rs 1,335,000 (1.3million) was imposed as penalties after all cases were analyzed in light of the rising quackery.

The meeting also decided that more vigilant checks should be conducted on the earlier de-sealed HCE’s to ensure those repeat offenders are found, identified, and sealed permanently.  

The property owners of such Health Care Establishments (HCE’s) were identified. The Commission urged strict warnings to such HCEs to discourage property owners from renting out their premises to ‘quacks’.

It was recommended by the Directorate of Anti-Quackery to gradually increase the fines and impose heavier fines to ensure that the writ of the Commission is effectively sustained.