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SHCC makes process easier to get provisional license for HCEs

January 30, 2024 by Abid Khan

KARACHI: Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) has made the process easier to get a provisional license for healthcare establishments (HCEs).

This was decided in 64th Board of Commissioners (BoC) meeting convened by Dr Khalid Shaikh, Chairman (BoC) of SHCC at Karachi.

During the meeting, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) SHCC Dr Ahson Qavi Siddiqi presented the current registration and licensing process for healthcare establishments (HCEs), noting that the prolonged procedure deterred General Practitioners (GPs) from seeking SHCC licenses.

The Board reviewed the process and new proposal for the provisional license (PL) and approved minimal service delivery standards for GP clinics, facilitating easy compliance for PL. Dr. Khalid Shaikh emphasized the use of modern training methods to conserve resources.

The BoC sanctioned the process of online training for practitioners before issuing PL to cut the long queue.

Dr Abdul Ghafoor Shoro, convener of the Anti-quackery Committee, shared that teams were instructed to lodge FIRs against those unlawfully unsealing HCEs without the official process.

Dr Ghulam Rasool Shah convener of the Accounts and Finance Committee, presented the position of a six-month budget and expenses with the proposal for re-appropriating unutilized funds to other accounts.

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SHCC issues short term plan to counter rise in HIV cases

August 11, 2023 by Abid Khan

CEO SHCC directed teams to increase field activity .
Teams constituted to monitor HIV situation in Larkana.
Anti-Quackery’s teams sealed 112 clinics in July 2023.

KARACHI: Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) issued a short term plan to counter recent rise in HIV/AIDS cases in Larkana.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) Dr. Ahson Qavi issued directives to increase the field activity by 100 % compared to existing activities. This decision was taken following directives of Sindh Health & Population Welfare Minister, Dr. Azra Pechuho to investigate and encounter rising number HIV cases in Larkana.

As per CEO SHCC’s directives, two separate teams started operating in Larkana Division. These teams are holding weekly meetings with law enforcement agencies, District administration and District Health Offices to share the strategy and outcomes.

Beside sealing quackery outlets, SHCC teams are focusing on educating and implementing Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Waste management practices in various healthcare facilities in Larkana to reduce the risk of infection in health services. For this purpose SHCC teams are visiting clinics on daily basis to check compliance with IPC measures and awareness sessions are being held to educate hospital/clinic staff.

In Larkana an outbreak of HIV infection was reported in 2019, due to multiple factors specially due to use of unsafe injections and infusions by reuse of syringes . Since then SHCC has been working with District administration and District Health Offices and other stakeholders to identify and eliminate the disease source and its spread in the area.

CEO, SHCC attended the first meeting of Steering Committee of National Health Support Program chaired by Health & Population Welfare Minister. In the meeting milestones of the project were discussed and necessary directives were issued to different stakeholders and departments.

In July 2023, SHCC conducted 561 inspections of clinics out of which 112 were sealed for quackery practices in Sindh. While 226 warnings were issued for non-compliance and 73 clinics were resealed.

Complaint Department SHCC received till date 292 complaints out of them 216 complaints were disposed off and 76 complaints are in process. In July the team conducted Inspections at Indus Hospital & Health Network, Badin and Murshid Hospital, Karachi.

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SHCC sealed 989 quackery outlets in Sindh

July 8, 2023 by Abid Khan

SHCC conducted inspections in different cities of Sindh.
The teams have inspected 2868 hospitals/clinics.
The experts have trained 192 GP clinics/hospitals.

KARACHI: Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) has sealed 989 quacks clinics from January to June 2023 across the Sindh province.

SHCC has also issued statistics from Jan-June 2023.In continuation of its efforts to control quackery practices in Sindh. The teams conducted inspections in Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, Hyderabad and Karachi.

In these inspections, the teams have inspected 2868 hospitals/clinics and sealed 989 quackery outlets, issued warnings to 1000 number of outlets for non-compliance, while 879 outlets were found in compliance.

During Jan-June 2023, SHCC has trained 192 GP clinics/hospitals, 64 Tibb-Unani matabs and 93 homeopathic clinics on Minimum Service Delivery Standards.

During this period, commission has issued 477 Registration Certificates, 54 Provisional Licenses and 11 Regular licenses to private and public healthcare facilities in Sindh.

SHCC has also conducted 41 inspections of Hospitals for complaint received and 45 hearings against complaints conducted. SHCC has also conducted 07 awareness sessions in hospitals to emphasize complaint mechanism and also introduced 16 complaint desks in various hospitals including Sindh Govt. of infectious diseases, branches of LRBT in Sindh, Shamsi Hospital, Hashmanis Hospital and others.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SHCC, Dr. Ahson Qavi Siddiqi said SHCC intensified its efforts to address concerns regarding the quality of services and patient safety in both public and private healthcare facilities.

In response, SHCC has taken proactive measures to promote quality care and patient safety. Provisional license has been awarded to 650 public and private healthcare facilities by SHCC.

In order to ensure compliance with quality standards, SHCC has conducted extensive inspections at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), one of the largest hospitals in the country for the process of a regular license.

He further added that under the National Health Support Project, funded by the World Bank, SHCC is actively engaged in strengthening the services of the largest publicly funded network operating under the Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI).

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