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:

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:

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 , to ensure the availability of quality drugs for the general public.

Autonomous Institutions

Under the , the medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been declared autonomous bodies.