Chief Executive Officer (Health) coordinates and supervises all the activities of this department. The major functions of this department are:
- To render preventive health care to the community
- To provide health care to the outdoor / indoor patients
- To provide free emergency treatment
- To perform major and minor surgery
- To provide the diagnostic facilities like laboratory tests, x-rays and ambulance services
Infrastructure
The organizational structure of the District Health Authority is mentioned below:
- DHQ Hospital
- THQ Hospital
- RHCs
- Dispensaries
- (08 GRDs, 01 Filter Clinic, 01 CDC Center)
- MCH Centers
- Others
- (16 RDs, 03 Red Cres, 02 MCDs)
Vision
The road map directed by the authority is:
- To improve the existing infrastructure of health
- Filling of the vacant posts of medics, paramedics and support staff (walk-in interview)
- Timely procurement and distribution of medicines and logistics
- Capacity building of health staff
- Supportive supervision of health centers and outreach staff
- Timely execution of ADP schemes
Health Facilities
Health facilities along with their bed strength are mentioned below:
| Name of Facility | Number | Beds |
| Government General Hospital, Sammanabad | 01 | 250 |
| Government General Hospital, Chak No. 224/RB | 01 | 225 |
| Tehsil Headquarter Hospitals | 04 | 220 |
| Rural Health Centers | 15 | 300 |
| Basic Health Units | 168 (PHFMC) | 336 |
| Zila Council Dispensaries | 66 (PHFMC) | - |
| Government City Dispensaries | 32 | - |
| Government Rural Dispensaries | 06 (PHFMC) | - |
| Mother Child Health Centers | 06 | - |
| Sub Health Centers | 13 | - |
| Total | 312 | 1,331 |
Initiatives
Initiatives taken to improve medical services are following:
- Installation of signage in THQ Hospitals
- Availability of adequate number of benches, fans, lighting and drinking water in the OPD / waiting areas
- Round the clock cleanliness
- Functionality of air conditioners and generators
- Safe disposal of hospital waste by outsourcing
- Cleanliness of toilets in the wards/waiting areas including necessary repair
- Availability of soap/towels in the washrooms
- Availability of free medicines / supplies
- Functionality of biomedical equipment by outsourcing
- Proper dress coding of employees
- Spending of sufficient hours of clinical / non-clinical staff to be ensured through biometric attendance
- Online inventory / updation of biomedical equipment and medicines
- Urgent repair of biomedical equipment / dental units
- Provision of 24/7 vaccination services at the THQ Hospitals
- To improve service delivery, MS THQ Hospitals have been empowered to suspend the employee from BS-01 to BS-17
- Installation of incinerators at THQ Hospitals Jaranwala and Samundri
- Provision of additional generators to match the load with the air conditioners at four THQ Hospitals
- Provision of generators at the 7-RHC’s
- Provision of dual electricity connection at four THQ Hospitals / Government General Hospital Sammanabad
- 8-bedded CCU wards are functional at:
- THQ Hospital Samundri
- THQ Hospital Jaranwala
- 2-bedded ICU ward along with anesthetist is functional at THQ Hospital Jaranwala
- Construction of medicines stores at
- THQ Hospital Samundri
- THQ Hospital Tandlianwala
- THQ Hospital Jaranwala
- DHA Faisalabad Office
- Constitution of Health Councils at all THQ hospitals, RHC’s and BHU’s