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.[1]

Statistics

The Department runs:[2]

Departments

Directorate General Health Services Punjab

The Directorate is responsible for overseeing the provision of primary and secondary health care services throughout the province.[3]

Directorate General of Nursing

The functions of the Directorate General of Nursing are: [4]

  • 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

[5]

Internal Audit Wing

Punjab Health Foundation

The Foundation assists and promotes the private sector in providing better grassroots health care.[6]

Attached Institutions

The Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health

Main article: The Children's Hospital, Lahore

Punjab Pharmacy Council

The Punjab Pharmacy Council regulates the practice of pharmacy.[7]

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.[8]

Autonomous Institutions

Under the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Act of 2003, the medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been declared autonomous bodies.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Overview | Health Department Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Health Services | Health Department Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Directorate General Health Services Punjab | Health Department Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Directorate General of Nursing | Health Department Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Our DGS | DGHS".
  6. ^ Overview | Punjab Health Foundation Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ About PPC Lahore – Objective
  8. ^ Provincial Quality Control Board (PQCB) | Health Department Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Affiliated Organizations | Health Department