Directorate General of Health Services (India)
Indian government advisory health body
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The Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) is an attached organisation of the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). It is the apex technical advisory and regulatory body of healthcare. It functions as a repository of technical knowledge regarding public health, medical education and healthcare, and provides technical guidance to the ministry in these domains.[1][2][3] Dte.GHS is headed by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), a Secretary level (Apex Grade) officer of the Central Health Service (CHS). Dr. Loveneesh Gopal Krishna is the current Director General of Health Services.[4][5]
- Director General, Indian Medical Service
Republic of India- Dr. Loveneesh Gopal Krishna (CHS), Director General of Health Services
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 15 August 1947 |
Preceding agency |
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| Jurisdiction | Republic of India |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Website | dghs |
The Dte.GHS manages the Central Government Hospitals and performs its role in public health through various subordinate organisations.[6]
History
Prior to independence, the officers of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) used to hold the post of Director General, Indian Medical Service.[7] The Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) was established in 15 August 1947 and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) replaced the Director General, Indian Medical Service and the Public Health Commissioner. The first DGHS was Jivraj Narayan Mehta and he also functioned as the Health Secretary to the Government of India.[8][9] The Contributory Health Service Scheme (the predecessor of Central Government Health Scheme) for the healthcare of Central Government Employees was under the administrative control of Dte.GHS.[10]
List of DGHS of India
| Name | CHS Sub-cadre | Start of Term | End of Term | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunita Sharma | Teaching (T) | 28 April 2025 | _ |
[11] | |
| Atul Goel | Teaching (T) | 27 April 2025 | |||
| Sunil Kumar | |||||
| Rajiv Garg | 1 January 2020 | [12] | |||
| Sanjay Tyagi | Teaching (T) | 14 September 2019 | 31 December 2019 | [12] | |
| A K Saxena | Non-Teaching (NT) | 12 July 2019 | [12] | ||
| S Venkatesh | 17 June 2018 | [12] | |||
| Promila Gupta | 3 April 2018 | [12] | |||
| B D Athani | 17 January 2018 | [12] | |||
| Jagdish Prasad | 1 December 2011 | 2017 | [13][14][15] | ||
| R K Srivastava | 1 November 2005 | 1 December 2011 | [16] | ||
| J. B. Shrivastav | [17] | ||||
| Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami | 1960 | 1974 | [18] | ||
| C K Lakshmanan | |||||
| Rao Bahadur K C K E Raja | 1 June 1948 | 17 September 1952 | [19][20] | ||
| Jivraj Narayan Mehta | 15 August 1947 | 1948 | [21][22] | ||
Central Govt. hospitals and medical colleges
The DteGHS has the administrative control of the Central Government hospitals and medical colleges:[23]
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital[24]
- Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated hospitals[25]
- Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital[26]
- Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh[26]
Nursing Colleges
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing[27]
- Lady Reading Health School
Public health institutes and organisations
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health[28]
- All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation[28]
- National Centre for Disease Control[29][30][31][32]
- National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme[33]
- Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare[34]
Point of Entries (PoE) Health Units
(Airport Health Organisation, Port Health Organisation, Land Port Health Organisation)
Established under the provisions of International Health Regulations (IHR), 2005.
| State/UT | APHO | PHO | LPHO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | _ | _ |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatanam | Visakhapatanam | _ |
| Assam | Guwahati | _ | _ |
| Bihar | Gaya | _ | Jogbani |
| Raxaul | |||
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | _ | _ |
| Delhi | Delhi | _ | _ |
| Goa | Goa | Marmagao | _ |
| Mopa Goa | |||
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Kandla | _ |
| Karnataka | Bangalore | Manglore | _ |
| Mangalore | |||
| Kerala | Calicut | Cochin | _ |
| Cochin | |||
| Kannur | |||
| Thiruvananthapuram | |||
| Madhya Pradesh | Indore | _ | _ |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | JNPT Sheva | _ |
| Navi Mumbai | |||
| Nagpur | Mumbai | ||
| Pune | |||
| Meghalaya | _ | _ | Dawki |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Paradip | _ |
| Punjab | Amritsar | _ | Amritsar |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | _ | _ |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Chennai | _ |
| Coimbatore | |||
| Madurai | Tuticorin | ||
| Tiruchirappalli | |||
| Telangana | Hyderabad | _ | _ |
| Tripura | _ | _ | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | ||
| Varanasi | |||
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Kolkata | Petrapole |
Medical regulatory bodies
- Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)[35]
- National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)[36][37]
Serum and vaccine institutes
- Central Research Institute, Kasauli[28]
- BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy
- Institute of Serology, Kolkata
Drug procurement organisations
- Medical Stores Organisation[38]
- GMSD
Leprosy and TB institutes
- Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu
- Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute
- Aska
- Gouripur
- Raipur
- TB Institute, Ghaziabad
Central institutes
- Central Health Education Bureau:[39] Started functioning in 1955.[40]
- Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi