The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) on Tuesday sealed medical diagnostic laboratories after they were found violating the Section 144 imposed in the district to fix the price of CBC blood test at Rs 90. Cases were registered against six hospitals and two laboratories under Section 144. Teams of price control magistrates headed by District Officer Amin Akbar Chopra raided the laboratories overcharging for the CBC test and registered cases against Baloch Hospital Dharampura, Bajwa Hospital Shahdara, Surraya Azeem Trust Hospital Chauburji, Sarwat Anwar Medical Complex Tariq Block Garden Town Lahore, MediCare Trust Hospital Badami Bagh, Hafeez Hospital Allama Iqbal Town, Zeenat Lab Lawrence Road and Hafeez Medical Centre Ghazi Chowk. Drug inspectors sealed Al Farooq Lab Thokar Niaz Baig, Central Lab, High Vision Lab, Zeenat Lab Shalimar Link Road, Bokhari Lab Jail Road, Meri Test Lab Jail Road, British Lab, Cardiax Lab, Family Care Lab, Friend Lab, Farooq Lab, Al Minhaj Lab, Juice Corner Lab, Anmol Lab, National Lab and Medi Touch Lab.
However noble intentions might be behind this, They should stop acting like 'Robin Hoods'. This is neither a welfare state nor a socialist state. How can a Government fix the prices of a private enterprise? Can they be magnanimous to also issue a 'Royal Decree' to reduce the prices of Electricity, Gas, Water and Petrol , and daily consumables ?
The least they should have done to order reduced prices, they should have ordered that these establishments will not be charged Electricity Bills, and Wages of their employees will be paid by the state.
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