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]
The Department runs: [2]
The Directorate is responsible for overseeing the provision of primary and secondary health care services throughout the province. [3]
The functions of the Directorate General of Nursing are: [4]
Rank and Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
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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 | present |
The Foundation assists and promotes the private sector in providing better grassroots health care. [6]
The Punjab Pharmacy Council regulates the practice of pharmacy. [7]
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]
Under the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Act of 2003, the medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been declared autonomous bodies. [9]
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