QUETTA: Doctors banned from private practice during duty hours

Staff Reporter

QUETTA: Government employed doctors have been banned from private practice during duty hours.

A notification issued today states that Health department government of Balochistan has imposed ban on private practice of public sector in private hospitals across the province of Balochistan in morning time from 0800 to 1400 in best public interest.

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The action has been taken after complaints that public sector doctors were seen engaged in private practice during morning duty hours at private hospitals to divert the flow of patients from public sector hospitals to private sector hospitals.

Image of government notification banning doctors from private practice during duty hours

Published in The Balochistan Point on July 21, 2017