The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of West Bengal is a Bengal government

Government of West Bengal

The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal and its 19 districts...

 ministry

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

. It is a ministry mainly responsible for maintaining and developing the health care system in the State.

Ministerial Team

The ministerial team is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Health & Family Welfare, who may or may not be supported by Minister's of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.

The current head of the ministry is Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee is the 11th and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded All India Trinamool Congress in 1997 and became chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress...

 who is also the Chief Minister of West Bengal.