Duties:
(i) Public Health, Basic and Rural Health, Child and Women Health, District and Tehsil (Hqrs.) Hospitals.
a. Deals with relating to the following areas on the guidelines given by the Provincial Government:
1. Prevention and control of infectious and contagious diseases;
2. Tuberculosis;
3. Eradication/Control of Malaria;
4. Lepers Act, 1898;
5. Treatment of patients bitten by rabid animals;
6. Adulteration of foodstuffs;
7. Government Public Analyst;
8. Nutrition surveys;
9. Nutrition and publicity in regards to food;
10. Vaccination and inoculation;
11. Maternity and child welfare;
12. Port Quarantine.
b. Management of health care facilities and provision of health care services in the districts including District Headquarter Hospitals (DHQs), Tehsil Headquarter Hospitals (THQs), Rural Health Centres (RHCs) and Basic Health Units (BHUs) but excluding any hospital/health facility affiliated with the Medical College.
c. Audit Cell to undertake financial, managerial and clinical audit of health facilities in districts.
d. Monitoring and inspection of all health care facilities in the respective district.
e. Data collection and compilation of vital health statistics.
f. Planning and Development of health care services delivery for improving health status of population in District Government Rules of Business, 2001 25 accordance with the community perceived and locally ascertained health care needs in order to pursue the?Health for All? goal through Primary Health Care (PHC) approach of providing equitable health services.
g. Preparation of development schemes, budget, schedule of new expenditure and ADP proposals up to Rs. 5 million.
h. Service matters except those entrusted to Health Department/Services & General Administration Department in case of regular employees of the provincial government up to posts and including BS-17. Recruitment of officers and officials in the district on contract basis from time to lime under the District Government Rules of Business.
i. Health Equipment Maintenance (HEM) for ensuring availability of state of the art & functional biomedical technology.
j. Transport maintenance as an essential component of speedy provision of outreach healthcare services.
k. District Quality Control Board (DQCB) under the overall technical support from the PQCB for ensuring supply & availability of quality medicines in line with the National Health Policy.
l. Technical scrutiny, standardization and purchase of stores and capital goods and bio medical equipment for each health care facility in respective districts.
m. Government Medical Stores Depot (MSD) at each district for ensuring availability of appropriate quantity of reserves and timely distribution of routine and incidental drugs to all health care facilities. ,
n. Surgeon Medico-legal Office and its functions relating to the constitution of Medico- legal examination.
o. All Administrative and related matters of Nursing Cadres up to BS-17.
p. Formulation and implementation of policies pertaining to institution of user charges and levy of related and subsequent fee by Medical Officers in districts.
q. In a time span ranging over 5 years the office of the Chief Chemical Examiner will be transferred and its responsibilities thereof will be entrusted to the districts.
(ii) Population Welfare
a. To plan, organize and implement programme activities.
b. To organize the assigned communication activities including exhibition of documentaries, workshops, seminars etc.
c. To coordinate with Population Welfare Department and the District Government.
d. Supervise and monitor the activities of Tehsil Offices and service outlets in the District.
e. To identify training needs and impart training as per training schedule in coordination with Population Welfare Department.
f. To provide logistic support to the Programme service outlets and equip them with stock of contraceptives, medicines and necessary equipment. |
