The Department of Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare is a department of the Government of Jharkhand. It is responsible for public health, medical services, family welfare and medical education in the state. The department oversees hospitals, health centres, medical colleges and implements state and national health programmes.__TOC__
Ministerial team The Department of Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare is headed by a Cabinet Minister who serves as the Minister in Charge. The minister provides political leadership, frames health policy, and represents the department in the state cabinet. Day to day administration is managed by senior officers of the IAS, with the Secretary acting as the chief executive of the department. Irfan Ansari is the present minister in charge of the department.
See also Ministry of Health and family welfare All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Jamshedpur Phulo Jhano Medical College and Hospital, Dumka Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College, Dhanbad
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