The Punjab Health Foundation has been established as an autonomous body under Punjab Health Foundation Act, 1992 to promote and finance the development of the health sector in the Province of the Punjab, and matters incidental and supplemental thereto. Section 10 of the Act mandates that the Foundation shall take all measures which it deems necessary for the promotion, development and financing of health services in the private sector. The PHF thus undertook providing financial assistance to individual doctors, health institutions and allied projects for ensuring quality health facilities at grass root level across the Province in a bid to shift the burden from government hospitals and to enhance access to the health facilities for the common man.