The commissioner reiterated that the visit of the committee and the law enforcement agency to health facilities would be a continuous exercise until the state was rid of
quackery.
Even those doctors or hospitals dispensing treatment that does not fall in their professional purview are considered practicing
quackery. For instance, if a homoeopathic doctor or Hakeem is prescribing allopathic medicine or is caught, during inspections by the PHC team, possessing any medicine other than what is used conventionally in their respective treatment, it would be considered
quackery.
He said to take an innovate approach to deal with
quackery by bringing this issue at the conscious level of common man.
" We send at least 500 complaints per year to the Delhi Police regarding
quackery, but only 10 cases were registered in January this year under Section 27 of the DMC Act, 1997," said Dr Anil Bansal, co- convener, anti
quackery cell, IMA.
Though chiropractic is now a licensed profession in all 50 states, the American Medical Association condemned it as
quackery for decades.
Based on a preliminary flapdoodle vulnerability risk assessment conducted by yours truly, the
quackery quotient seems to be at an all-time high in this accounting firm's inner sanctum.
These schemes are probably the most popular form of
quackery. Millions seek a painless way to win the battle of the bulge.
Dr Carol Iwuoha, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia chapter, has called for Abia government's support in curbing
quackery in the medical profession.
LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC), during its ongoing drive against
quackery, have closed down another eight
quackery outlets.
KARACHI -- Sindh Health Care Commission is organizing a consultative meeting of regulatory bodies on June 18, 2019 in Karachi to devise a comprehensive strategy to improve health services delivery standards and eliminate
quackery from Pakistan.
In between this mess developed a large swathe of
quackery, to wreak havoc with the lives of the people.
KARACHI -- Promising that a campaign against
quackery, which has been started in the teeming metropolis, will turn more vigorous, Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) officials on Thursday said they had already sealed four such establishments in the city's South district.
On the other hand, the follow-up visits showed that 102
quackery outlets had been converted into other businesses.
Another formidable challenge was to weed out
quackery. While the Commission was running a campaign, in collaboration with district authorities, to respond to public complaints of
quackery, this initiative received a major boost after the completion of the census of HCEs operating in Punjab.
A three-member delegation of YDA Pakistan, led by its secretary Dr Salman Kazmi, was told about the steps taken by the PHC for eradication of
quackery. Dr Kazmi appreciated the Commission for its work, and vowed extending full support to the PHC.