This research study isthe context of the government expenditure on health and its infant and maternal mortality rate in the state of Gujarat. Secondary data has been used for the study. Various statistical methods have been used for data analysis. The study is done with reference to government health expenditure and health status in a particular state. At the end of the study it is found that the public health expenditure of the state government has been continuously increasing and the infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate have been continuously decreasing in the state. Various schemes of the state government are seen to be successful in this direction. But the state government seems to need to do better to achieve the globally set child mortality targets.