DHQ or District Head Quarter hospital is the oldest Government Hospital of the city. Before Allied hospital was built whole clinical teachings of the students used to held here but now it shares the burden of increasing number of medical students and patients with Allied Hospital.

      DHQ Hospital has 570 patients beds. Medical unit 4, Surgical Unit 4, Gynecology Unit 2, Psychiatry, Chest Diseases, Dermatology, CCU and ENT are the units of this hospital that are involved in clinical teachings of students of Punjab Medical College. Hospital has Pediatric, and Radiology units.

     Hospital also gives 24 hour emergency cover and receives a high number of patients in its out patient department which stays open from 8 am to 2 pm.  DHQ also has a male doctors hostel and a nursing hostel.

    DHQ Hospital is also involved in the postgraduate training in a number of medical and surgical specialties.