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