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]
punjab, health, department, government, agency, punjab, pakistan, that, delivers, preventive, healthcare, well, curative, care, health, care, services, from, primary, health, care, level, tertiary, care, level, contents, statistics, departments, directorate, g. 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 Contents 1 Statistics 2 Departments 2 1 Directorate General Health Services Punjab 2 2 Directorate General of Nursing 3 List of Director Generals 3 1 Internal Audit Wing 3 2 Punjab Health Foundation 4 Attached Institutions 4 1 The Children s Hospital and Institute of Child Health 4 2 Punjab Pharmacy Council 4 3 Provincial Quality Control Board 5 Autonomous Institutions 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksStatistics EditThe Department runs 2 2 461 basic health units 293 rural health centers 88 Tehsil headquarter hospitals 34 district headquarter hospitals 23 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 EditDirectorate General Health Services Punjab Edit The Directorate is responsible for overseeing the provision of primary and secondary health care services throughout the province 3 Directorate General of Nursing Edit The functions of the Directorate General of Nursing are 4 Nursing services Nursing educationList of Director Generals EditRank and Name Start of Term End of TermDr Riaz Mustafa Syed Jan 1992 May 1992Dr Abdul Qadir Khan May 1992 May 1994Dr Habib Ullah Jun 1994 Feb 1995Dr Khalid Saifullah Feb 1995 Mar 1997Dr Muhammad Anwar Khan Mar 1997 May 1997Dr Muhammad Afzal Hashmi May 1997 Dec 1998Dr Karam Hussain Sheikh Jan 1999 Jun 1999Dr Tahir Pervaiz Meer Jun 1999 Dec 1999Dr Khursheed Ahmad Jan 2000 Jun 2000Dr Saeed Ahmad Qureshi Aug 2000 May 2001Dr Muhammad Yaqoob Jaffar Jun 2001 Jun 2002Dr Sabeeha Khursheed Jun 2002 Jun 2003Dr Khalid Mehmood Tikka Jun 2003 Sep 2005Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhary Oct 2005 Jan 2012Dr Nisar Ahmed Cheema Feb 2012 Mar 2013Dr Tanvir Ahmed Apr 2013 Oct 2013Dr Zafar Ikram Oct 2013 Dec 2013Dr Zahid Pervaiz Dec 2013 Dec 2015Dr Mukhtar Hussain Syed Jan 2016 Feb 2017Dr Faisal Zahoor Feb 2017 Nov 2017Dr Akhter Rasheed Nov 2017 Mar 2018Dr Munir Ahmed Mar 2018 April 2019Dr Haroon Jahangir Khan May 2019 present 5 Internal Audit Wing Edit Punjab Health Foundation Edit The Foundation assists and promotes the private sector in providing better grassroots health care 6 Attached Institutions EditThe Children s Hospital and Institute of Child Health Edit Main article The Children s Hospital Lahore Punjab Pharmacy Council Edit The Punjab Pharmacy Council regulates the practice of pharmacy 7 Provincial Quality Control Board Edit 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 EditUnder the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Act of 2003 the medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been declared autonomous bodies 9 See also EditMinistry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination Health care in Pakistan Ministry of Public Health Sindh Ministry of Health BalochistanReferences Edit Overview Health Department Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Health Services Health Department Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Directorate General Health Services Punjab Health Department Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Directorate General of Nursing Health Department Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Our DGS DGHS Overview Punjab Health Foundation Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine About PPC Lahore Objective Provincial Quality Control Board PQCB Health Department Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Affiliated Organizations Health DepartmentExternal links EditHealth Department Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Punjab Health Department amp oldid 1089638568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
