The Sehat Card hospital list for Punjab is the official list of hospitals where you can use your CNIC for treatment under the Health Insurance Program. This guide shows where to find it, what it contains, how to search it on your phone, and what changed at government hospitals in June 2025.
The list comes from the Punjab Health Initiative Management Company (PHIMC), which runs Punjab’s Sehat Card. If you are new to the program, read our main Sehat Card guide first.
Where to find the official Sehat Card hospital list
Go to PHIMC’s Health Insurance Program page. It has a link called “List of Empaneled Hospitals in Punjab Under Health Insurance Program”, which opens a PDF. You can also open the hospital list PDF directly. The file is small, so it opens quickly even on a slow connection.
The PDF is titled “List of Empaneled Hospitals under Health Insurance Program (HIP)”. It has five columns:
| Column | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| S/N | Serial number |
| District | The district the hospital is in |
| Tehsil | The tehsil or town |
| Hospital Name | The hospital’s name, sometimes with a note |
| Currently Status | Active, Services on hold, or Not Active |
Use this list, not an old one. PHIMC’s website still hosts older lists under the Sehat Sahulat name, including division-wise lists, and they do not match the current one. Lists on sehatsahulat.com.pk are for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, not Punjab. Lists shared on WhatsApp may be years old. Older copies of this PDF had a “Sector” column instead of “Currently Status”, so if you see a Sector column, you have an old file.
What the list shows as of October 2026
PHIMC replaced the list in September 2026. We downloaded the new file and counted it on 1 October 2026. It had 153 hospitals in 34 districts.
The hospitals are not spread evenly. Lahore alone has more than a quarter of them.
| District | Hospitals on the list |
|---|---|
| Lahore | 44 |
| Multan | 11 |
| Faisalabad | 9 |
| Rawalpindi | 9 |
| Mianwali | 8 |
| Narowal | 8 |
| Jhang | 6 |
| Gujranwala | 5 |
The other 26 districts on the list have between 1 and 4 hospitals each. Some districts, such as Sargodha, Khushab, Rajanpur and Nankana Sahib, did not appear at all.
A few entries carry notes you should read:
- One Lahore hospital is marked “For Gamma Knife Only”, so it takes program patients for that treatment only.
- Several entries are eye hospitals or clinics, and one is a lab.
Check the status column
The last column, “Currently Status”, shows one of three values:
- Active: 142 hospitals had this status when we checked.
- Services on hold: 10 hospitals.
- Not Active: 1 hospital.
The list does not explain these terms or say how long a hold lasts. Do not travel to a hospital that is on hold or not active and expect program treatment. These 11 hospitals were not marked Active on 1 October 2026:
| S/N | Hospital | District (tehsil) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Begum Noor Memorial Hospital | Chakwal | Services on hold |
| 13 | Hilal-E-Ahmar Hospital | Faisalabad | Services on hold |
| 23 | Salamat Hospital And Health Care Center | Gujranwala | Services on hold |
| 24 | Siddique Sadiq Memorial Trust Hospital | Gujranwala | Services on hold |
| 58 | Ever Care Hospital Lahore | Lahore | Services on hold |
| 90 | Al Faiz Eye Care Lodhran | Lodhran (Dunya Pur) | Services on hold |
| 101 | Afzal Medicare Hospital | Multan | Not Active |
| 120 | Sughra Shafi Medical Complex | Narowal | Services on hold |
| 130 | Hassan Hospital | Rahim Yar Khan (Khanpur) | Services on hold |
| 131 | Ah And Gr Pvt Limited (Bilal Hospital) | Rawalpindi | Services on hold |
| 138 | Islamic International Medical College Trust | Rawalpindi | Services on hold |
A status can change in either direction, and the pages carry no date. Always check the status column in the current PDF, then call the hospital or 0800-07542 before you travel.
How to find a hospital near you
- Open the PDF on your phone from the PHIMC page.
- Search for your district or tehsil. On most phones, tap the menu and choose “Find in page” or “Search”.
- Note two or three hospitals near you, not just one.
- Check the “Currently Status” column. Pick a hospital marked Active, and read the name column for notes such as “For Gamma Knife Only”.
- Call the hospital before you travel. Ask three questions. Are you still on the Health Insurance Program panel? Do you treat my condition under the program? Will it be free, or on the 50% co-payment?
- If you cannot get a clear answer, call the PHIMC helpline 0800-07542, which is open 24/7.
Why you should call before you travel
A trip to the wrong hospital costs money and time, and a patient’s time matters. There are good reasons to check first:
- The list has no date on its pages. Hospitals can join or leave the panel.
- Services can be paused. 11 hospitals on the list were on hold or not active when we checked.
- Some treatments have been suspended before. In 2023, PHIMC suspended cataract surgery and delivery cases at private empanelled hospitals after complaints, news reports said. Normal deliveries and C-sections are now on the FAQ’s list of exclusions.
- Not everything is free. PHIMC’s FAQ says cancer, ICU, CCU, NICU, medical cases, thalassemia and all emergencies are free at empanelled private hospitals. For other conditions, the program pays 50% and your family pays 50%.
In an emergency, go to the nearest hospital straight away. Emergencies are on PHIMC’s free list, and the FAQ says life-threatening conditions are covered even after the limit is used.
Our Sehat Card treatment list shows which treatments PHIMC covers, which are free and which are excluded.
Government hospitals since June 2025
From 30 June 2025, Punjab closed the program in all public sector hospitals, Dawn reported. Hospitals were told to submit their pending claims by that date.
PHIMC’s FAQ explains the change. The program “has only been discontinued in government hospitals”, and treatment there “was already completely free and still remains free.”
Officials said the aim was to avoid duplicate benefits with the Chief Minister’s health programmes. PHIMC runs separate CM programmes for transplants, dialysis, children’s heart surgery, adult cardiac surgery, cancer patients and stroke. These are not the Sehat Card, and they have their own hospitals and rules.
So you do not need the Sehat Card at a government hospital. At a private hospital, the hospital must be on PHIMC’s list.
If there is no empanelled hospital near you
PHIMC’s FAQ says that if an empanelled hospital is not nearby, you may consult a local doctor. Otherwise, go to an empanelled hospital, where the doctor will guide you on whether you need admission.
The FAQ also says you can use the program at empanelled hospitals across Pakistan. However, the list we checked only has hospitals in Punjab. Before going to a hospital outside Punjab, call 0800-07542.
At the hospital
Take your original CNIC. For children under 18, take the child’s B-Form too. Go to the Hospital Facilitation Officer (HFO), who checks your CNIC and guides you through admission. Only admissions are covered, not OPD visits.
Ask the HFO what cover your family has left. Our Sehat Card balance check guide explains how the yearly limits work. If a hospital on the list refuses you, our main Sehat Card guide explains how to complain.
Stay safe
- Nobody can get you treated at a hospital, or add a hospital to the list, for a fee
- Never share an OTP with a caller who says they are from the Sehat Card
- Only trust the PHIMC list, not lists on social media or on KP’s website
If someone asks you for money, report it on the Pakistan Citizen’s Portal.
Contact
- Hospital list and FAQ: phimc.punjab.gov.pk/node/1263
- Helpline (24/7): 0800-07542
- Other lines (Monday to Saturday, 8am to 11pm): 0333-6756390, 042-99066000, 042-99066001
- Email (including complaints): info@phimc.punjab.gov.pk
Related support
- Sehat Card, the full guide to Punjab’s Health Insurance Program
- Sehat Card balance check, how your family’s yearly limit works
- NADRA FRC, to fix missing family members on your record
- Ba-Himmat Buzurg Program, PSPA’s pension for poor elderly people; check with PSPA (1221) whether new names are being added
To see which Punjab and federal programs your household may qualify for, try our free eligibility checker.
GoPunjab is an independent information website. We are not PHIMC or any hospital, and we cannot add a hospital to the list, admit you, or approve treatment. We only explain how to find and use the official list.