[3] It is a ministry mainly responsible for maintaining and developing the health care system in the State.
[3] The current head of the ministry is Mamata Banerjee who is also the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
This Department is headed by the Health Secretary who oversees the working of various Directorates and develops various policies which gets implemented after the approval of the Chief Minister and the Minister-in-charge.
The Secretariat is headed by the Additional Chief Secretary/ Principal Secretary who is a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service assisted by Special, Joint, Deputy and Assistant Secretaries.
The secondary level hospitals are headed by medically trained superintendents who report to the C.M.O.H.