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October 3, 2025Pakistan Postgraduate Medical JournalOpen Access

The Perils of Corporatization: Reclaiming Medicine’s Soul in Pakistan’s Healthcare Landscape

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MAMuhammad Farooq Afzal

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Analysis reveals corporatization detracts from patient care in Pakistan, suggesting a hybrid model for sustainability.

Key Points

  • Corporatization undermines the ethical foundation of healthcare, redefining patients as consumers and care as a commodity.
  • Pakistan faces severe health system challenges due to corporatization, diverting resources from essential services like primary care.
  • The proposed solution includes a hybrid model promoting clinical governance and transparent practices to balance efficiency with compassion.
  • Successful local examples show that sustainable healthcare is achievable without treating medicine as a marketplace commodity.

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Muhammad Farooq Afzal (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e02f46f0e39f13e7fa2edahttps://doi.org/10.51642/ppmj.v36i03.851
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