Minimum Service Delivery Standards (MSDS)
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Indicator 8: How Big Is Big Enough? The Minimum Premises Standard for Your Clinic
Indicator 8 of MSDS Standard 3 (YELLOW) requires enough space for consultation, comfortable sitting for three to five waiting patients, and dispensing…
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Indicator 7: The Certificate on the Wall That Could Save or Sink Your Practice
Indicator 7 of MSDS Standard 2 (YELLOW) requires a photocopy of each practicing doctor’s valid PM&DC registration certificate to be displayed, with…
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Indicator 6: Who Is Actually Running This Clinic? The Qualifications Standard Explained
Indicator 6 of MSDS Standard 2 (RED) requires the person managing and providing healthcare at a clinic to be a doctor currently…
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The Inspector Who Came Knocking: What Every Clinic Owner in Punjab Must Know
A routine Punjab Healthcare Commission assessment shows a Lahore family physician how her clinic measures against the 47 indicators of the MSDS…
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18 Standards. 47 Indicators. One License: How the PHC Actually Scores Your Clinic
A clinic owner with thirty days to prepare learns how the MSDS is built: ten functional areas, eighteen standards and forty-seven indicators.…
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Red, Yellow, and the Score That Decides Your Future: Understanding PHC’s Grading System
Two family physicians on the same street prepare for the same PHC assessment in very different ways. One renovates; the other works…
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Indicator 1: Your Clinic’s Name on a Board: The Rule That Surprises Every Doctor
Under MSDS Standard 1, Indicator 1 (RED), the signboard must identify the clinic by name and PM&DC registration number, visible to a…
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Indicator 2: Can a Wheelchair Enter Your Clinic? The Access Standard Most Doctors Miss
Indicator 2 of MSDS Standard 1 (YELLOW) asks whether patients have easy access to the clinic: ramps where there are steps, non-slippery…
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Indicator 3: Registered or Raided: The PHC License Every Clinic Must Display
Indicator 3 of MSDS Standard 1 (YELLOW) requires the clinic to be registered and licensed with the Punjab Healthcare Commission, with the…
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Indicator 4: What the Door Plate on Your Clinic Is Really Saying
Under MSDS Indicator 4 (YELLOW), the door plate must clearly display the doctor’s name and PM&DC-registered qualifications, within 4 by 10 inches…