Military Hospital Rawalpindi
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| Military Hospital Rawalpindi | |
|---|---|
| Part of Pakistan Army Hospitals | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 33°35′38″N 73°02′37″E / 33.5940°N 73.0436°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Federal Government |
| Hospital type | Teaching Military Hospital |
| Commandant | Maj Gen Mahmood Sultan Khan |
| Affiliations | Army Medical College, PMDC, NUMS, General Medical Council, CPSP |
| Services | |
| Standards | ISO 9001 |
| Emergency department | Level II Trauma Center |
| Beds | 1200 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1857 (As British Indian Military Hospital) |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
The Military Hospital Rawalpindi is the largest hospital of the Pakistan Armed Forces, being one of the hospitals in the Pakistan Army with an ISO certification, located in the city of Rawalpindi. Before independence in 1947 it was called the British Indian Military Hospital Rawalpindi.[1][2][3]
Its commandant/CEO is a serving Major General of Army Medical Corps. It has one deputy commandant with the rank of brigadier and two assistant commandants (administrators) with the rank of Colonel. Its family wing is looked after by a Lady Medical Officer with the rank of brigadier. It is an affiliated hospital of the Army Medical College and Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute, Rawalpindi. It is also a teaching institution for nurses and paramedics.
The hospital, established in 1857, has 1200 beds for in-patient treatment. The hospital comprises three medical units, Departments of Surgery, Family Medicine, Dermatology, Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Department of Intensive Care Units. The bed occupancy rate is about 95 percent. The General Medical Council of the UK recognizes the hospital for postgraduate training in various disciplines. The hospital looks after a variety of patients and the medical students of this college are given practical clinical training by the various specialists and professors. The hospital also provides tertiary care facilities. The hospital is still the largest, despite that its Radiology, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry departments are now independent units with their own administrative set up but no physical boundaries.
On 23 June 2019, the hospital suffered damage due to a blast.[4]
References
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- ^ "Welcome to ISPR". ispr.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Explosion at military hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan". Yahoo News. June 23, 2019.