The Punjab Health Department is responsible for Punjab's public health system. Its vision is a healthy population with a sound healthcare system, and its mission is to improve the quality and coverage of health services. It aims to create disease awareness, expand patient care facilities, set health standards, and improve management of health services through programs like primary, secondary, tertiary care as well as preventive and promotive healthcare. The department has four wings that handle establishment, general administration, purchasing, and facility development.
2. Introduction
• The Punjab Health Department is a government
agency responsible for Punjab's health system.
• Vision Statement: Healthy population with a sound
health care system.
• Mission Statement: To improve the quality and
coverage of Health Services.
3. Objectives
• Create awareness regarding diseases; Provide
education and knowledge. Involvement of private
sector and mainstreaming.
• Improvement and expansion of patient care
facilities.
• Creation of health standards.
• Improved management of health services.
4. Sectors (Wings)
• Establishment wing
▫ Responsible for recruitment of doctors and
paramedics.
• General wing
▫ Manages the recruitment of nurses and staff.
5. • Technical wing
▫ Purchase of medicine and equipment.
▫ Advises for health technicalities.
• Development wing
▫ Development and maintenance of hospitals.
6. Types of Planning
• Directive planning
• Intuitive planning
• Need based planning
7. Programs
• Curative health care
▫ Primary health care
▫ Secondary health care
▫ Tertiary health care
• Preventive health care
• Promotive health care