PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to amend the law within a month to regulate fees charged by private hospitals, clinics, and laboratories across the province.
During the hearing, the court directed the provincial authorities to expedite the amendment process and submit a compliance report. The petitioner, Advocate Mehwish Mohib Kakakhel, argued that private healthcare facilities in KP are arbitrarily setting their own fees without any standardized policy, leading to unchecked increases.
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The petitioner informed the court that despite previous PHC orders in 2019 and 2023, the provincial government and the Healthcare Commission have failed to implement a uniform fee structure. She highlighted that a draft amendment proposed by the Healthcare Commission has been pending since 2022, despite its legal obligation to regulate medical fees.
The court has now given a one-month deadline to finalize the amendments and submit a report. This marks the latest development in a long-standing issue concerning healthcare affordability in the province.
