In a bid to explore potential areas for collaboration between the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), a WHO team, led by Director Healthcare Delivery Regional Office Egypt Dr Muhammad Assai Ardakani, visited the PHC in Lahore.
The delegation was welcomed by Chief Operating Officer PHC Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan and senior officials of the Commission. Dr Ajmal gave an overview of the PHC's regulatory mandate and informed the visitors that the PHC was a provincial statutory body mandated to regulate healthcare services delivery in both public and private healthcare establishments.
The delegation was briefed about objectives, functions and scope of the PHC and the facilitative approach it had adopted for the implementation of Minimum Service Delivery Standards (MSDS) for all healthcare facilities. The delegation was also informed about the anti-quackery campaign being run in the province for the eradication of the menace.