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. 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.
The Dte.GHS manages the Central Government Hospitals and performs its role in public health through various subordinate organisations.
History Prior to independence, the officers of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) used to hold the post of Director General, Indian Medical Service.First annual report of UPSC 1951 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. 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.Report of the Contributory Health Service Scheme Assessment Committee 1962
List of DGHS of India +NameCHS Sub-cadreStart of TermEnd of TermSunita SharmaTeaching (T) Atul GoelTeaching (T)27 April 2025Sunil KumarRajiv Garg1 January 2020Sanjay TyagiTeaching (T)14 September 201931 December 2019A K SaxenaNon-Teaching (NT)12 July 2019S Venkatesh17 June 2018Promila Gupta3 April 2018B D Athani17 January 2018Jagdish Prasad1 December 20112017https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Officers%20of%20DGHS.pdfR K Srivastava1 November 20051 December 2011https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Seniority%20list%20of%20HAG%20officers%20of%20CHS%20as%20on%2001.11.2008.pdfJ. B. ShrivastavPuliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami19601974C K LakshmananRao Bahadur K C K E Raja1 June 194817 September 1952Jivraj Narayan Mehta15 August 19471948
Central Govt. hospitals and medical colleges The DteGHS has the administrative control of the Central Government hospitals and medical colleges: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated hospitals Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh
Nursing Colleges Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing Lady Reading Health School
Public health institutes and organisations All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation National Centre for Disease Control National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare
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. +List of Point of Entries (PoE) Health UnitsState/UTAPHOPHOLPHOAndaman & Nicobar IslandsPort Blair__Andhra PradeshVisakhapatanamVisakhapatanam_AssamGuwahati__BiharGaya_JogbaniRaxaulChandigarhChandigarh__DelhiDelhi__GoaGoaMarmagao_Mopa GoaGujaratAhmedabadKandla_KarnatakaBangalore Manglore_MangaloreKeralaCalicutCochin_CochinKannurThiruvananthapuram Madhya PradeshIndore__MaharashtraMumbaiJNPT Sheva_Navi MumbaiNagpurMumbaiPuneMeghalaya__DawkiOdishaBhubaneswarParadip_PunjabAmritsar_AmritsarRajasthanJaipur__Tamil NaduChennaiChennai_CoimbatoreMaduraiTuticorinTiruchirappalliTelanganaHyderabad__Tripura__AgartalaUttar PradeshLucknowVaranasiWest BengalKolkataKolkataPetrapole
Medical regulatory bodies Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)
Serum and vaccine institutes Central Research Institute, Kasauli BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy Institute of Serology, Kolkata
Drug procurement organisations Medical Stores Organisation 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: Started functioning in 1955.Annual Report of the Dte.GHS, 1957 Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
See also Central Health Service Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
References
External links Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Lady Hardinge Medical College Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh Lady Reading Health School National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme Point of Entries Health Organisations (APHO, PHO, LPHO) National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Aska Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Raipur Central Health Education Bureau