Punjab Health Department
The Punjab Health Department is a government agency of Punjab, Pakistan that delivers preventive healthcare, as well as curative care health care services from the primary health care level to the tertiary care level.
Statistics
The Department runs:
- 2,502 basic health units
- 316 rural health centers
- 88 Tehsil headquarter hospitals
- 36 district headquarter hospitals
- 46 Teaching hospitals/tertiary care hospitals
- Pakistan is number 8 out of the 22 most disease burdened countries in the world.
- TB is most common in Pakistan.
Departments
Directorate General Health Services Punjab
The Directorate is responsible for overseeing the provision of primary and secondary health care services throughout the province.
Directorate General of Nursing
The functions of the Directorate General of Nursing are:
- Nursing services
- Nursing education
List of Director Generals
| Rank and Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Riaz Mustafa Syed | Jan 1992 | May 1992 |
| Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan | May 1992 | May 1994 |
| Dr. Habib Ullah | Jun 1994 | Feb 1995 |
| Dr. Khalid Saifullah | Feb 1995 | Mar 1997 |
| Dr. Muhammad Anwar Khan | Mar 1997 | May 1997 |
| Dr. Muhammad Afzal Hashmi | May 1997 | Dec 1998 |
| Dr. Karam Hussain Sheikh | Jan 1999 | Jun 1999 |
| Dr. Tahir Pervaiz Meer | Jun 1999 | Dec 1999 |
| Dr. Khursheed Ahmad | Jan 2000 | Jun 2000 |
| Dr. Saeed Ahmad Qureshi | Aug 2000 | May 2001 |
| Dr. Muhammad Yaqoob Jaffar | Jun 2001 | Jun 2002 |
| Dr. Sabeeha Khursheed | Jun 2002 | Jun 2003 |
| Dr. Khalid Mehmood Tikka | Jun 2003 | Sep 2005 |
| Dr. Muhammad Aslam Chaudhary | Oct 2005 | Jan 2012 |
| Dr. Nisar Ahmed Cheema | Feb 2012 | Mar 2013 |
| Dr. Tanvir Ahmed | Apr 2013 | Oct 2013 |
| Dr. Zafar Ikram | Oct 2013 | Dec 2013 |
| Dr. Zahid Pervaiz | Dec 2013 | Dec 2015 |
| Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Syed | Jan 2016 | Feb 2017 |
| Dr. Faisal Zahoor | Feb 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| Dr. Akhter Rasheed | Nov 2017 | Mar 2018 |
| Dr. Munir Ahmed | Mar 2018 | April 2019 |
| Dr. Haroon Jahangir Khan | May 2019 | November 2022 |
| Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Gondal | November 2022 | present |
Internal Audit Wing
Punjab Health Foundation
The Foundation assists and promotes the private sector in providing better grassroots health care.
Attached Institutions
The Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health
Punjab Pharmacy Council
The Punjab Pharmacy Council regulates the practice of pharmacy.
Provincial Quality Control Board
The Provincial Quality Control Board was established under the Drugs Act of 1976, to ensure the availability of quality drugs for the general public.
Autonomous Institutions
Under the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Act of 2003, the medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been declared autonomous bodies.
See also
- Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination
- Health care in Pakistan
- Ministry of Public Health (Sindh)
- Ministry of Health Balochistan
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