Primary Health Department closed the entrance of non-vaccinated people in the public hospitals in Lahore district, 24News HD TV Channel reported on Tuesday.

According to the details, the health department had issued advice to all the public hospital heads including Chief Executive officers (CEO) and Medical Superintendents (MS) in this regard.

The health department said in its advice that non-vaccinated persons coming to the hospitals must be caught on the spot and vaccinated.

It is declared necessary for the patients and their attendants that they should be vaccinated by one dose at least at the time of their admission in the hospitals.

The department taking the hard decisions has also banned an entrance of a patient or an attendant without taking the second dose of the vaccination after three weeks of the administered the first dose.

The letter also directed the hospitals’ heads to set up a desk in the OPD block for checking the vaccine cards. Anyhow, the department also directed that the people who could not get vaccines for any reason would be exempted from these conditions.