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The Department runs: [2] 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.
The Government of the Punjab (Punjabi, Urdu: حکومت پنجاب) is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of the Punjab. It is based in Lahore , the provincial capital. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the Constitution , in which 41 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction.
Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department; Punjab Communication and Works Department; Punjab Food Department (Pakistan) Punjab Health Department; Punjab Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Department; Punjab information and culture department; Punjab Irrigation Department; Punjab Khal Panchayat Authority
In 1957, the West Pakistan Medical Council was formed by merging the Sindh Medical Council and the Punjab Medical Council. The Pakistan Medical Council Ordinance 1962 established the present-day Pakistan Medical and Dental Council as a statutory body in 1962 and all provincial councils were dissolved. [4] Three amendments were passed thereafter ...
In 2009, Pakistan’s government stated its intent to improve the country's nursing care. Nursing is a health-care profession which is mainly aimed on the care of families and individuals. Nursing is important in every part of the world, especially in developing countries like Pakistan. In 2021, Pakistan faces a great shortage of trained nurses ...
Provincial medical entrance exams included the MDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore in Punjab and Balochistan before the NMDCAT. It was implemented in 1998 as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) on the initiative of the then chief minister of Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to counter replete cheating in HSSC exams at the time.
The university was established in 1974 as Rawalpindi Medical College. It was initially affialited with the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. In 2003, it became affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore. In May 2017, this college was upgraded to university status by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. [4]
The Punjab Healthcare Commission (reporting name: PHC پی ایج سی) is an autonomous health regulatory body that regulate the hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other health centres in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. [1] It was established by the Government of the Punjab under the Punjab Healthcare Commission Act 2010. [2]