Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh was appointed as the director of Health and Family welfare department, Punjab, on Thursday.
The orders regarding his appointment were issued today morning by Principal Secretary Health Husan Lal.
Dr Singh had joined the health department in 1985 as a medical officer. His first appointment was at Subsidiary Health Centre, Chhalheri Khurd in the then Patiala district.
He later worked in health facilities at Dakala, Samana and in Mata Kaushalya Hospital, Patiala at different intervals. In 2010, he was appointed to the position of a senior medical officer and was posted at in the Community Health Centre at Tripri in Patiala. A recovered patient of blood cancer, Dr Manjit Singh is known as an honest and hardworking officer.
