diff --git a/app/Controllers/Ipd_discharge.php b/app/Controllers/Ipd_discharge.php
index 58e8cfc..1643e53 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/Ipd_discharge.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/Ipd_discharge.php
@@ -7153,9 +7153,6 @@ class Ipd_discharge extends BaseController
                     trim((string) ($templateSettings['header_html'] ?? '')),
                     $templateTokenVars
                 );
-                if ($this->isDischargeHeaderBlank($configuredHeader)) {
-                    $configuredHeader = $this->buildDefaultDischargeHeader($templateTokenVars);
-                }
                 $headerHtml = $this->sanitizeDischargePdfHtml($configuredHeader, false);
                 $headerHtml = mpdf_normalize_font_weight_css($headerHtml);
             }
@@ -7747,32 +7744,6 @@ class Ipd_discharge extends BaseController
         file_put_contents($directory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName, $pdfBinary, LOCK_EX);
     }
 
-    private function isDischargeHeaderBlank(string $headerHtml): bool
-    {
-        $withoutMedia = (string) preg_replace('/<(img|svg)\b[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/\1>|<img\b[^>]*\/?\s*>/i', 'media', $headerHtml);
-        $visibleText = html_entity_decode(strip_tags($withoutMedia), ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
-
-        return trim((string) preg_replace('/\s+/u', ' ', $visibleText)) === '';
-    }
-
-    /** @param array<string,string> $tokens */
-    private function buildDefaultDischargeHeader(array $tokens): string
-    {
-        $logoPath = trim((string) ($tokens['H_logo_abs'] ?? ''));
-        $logoHtml = $logoPath !== '' && is_file(html_entity_decode($logoPath, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8'))
-            ? '<td style="width:70px;vertical-align:middle;"><img src="' . $logoPath . '" style="max-width:60px;max-height:60px;"></td>'
-            : '';
-
-        return '<table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-bottom:1px solid #64748b;padding-bottom:6px;">'
-            . '<tr>' . $logoHtml
-            . '<td style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;">'
-            . '<div style="font-family:freeserif,serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">' . ($tokens['H_Name'] ?? '') . '</div>'
-            . '<div style="font-family:freeserif,serif;font-size:9pt;">' . ($tokens['hospital_address'] ?? '') . '</div>'
-            . '<div style="font-family:freeserif,serif;font-size:9pt;">Phone: ' . ($tokens['H_phone_No'] ?? '')
-            . (($tokens['H_Email'] ?? '') !== '' ? ' | Email: ' . $tokens['H_Email'] : '') . '</div>'
-            . '</td><td style="width:70px;"></td></tr></table>';
-    }
-
     public function show_file3(int $ipdId)
     {
         return $this->show_discharge($ipdId, 3);