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According to Aman Foundation, emergencies are reported every two minutes on a daily basis in Karachi alone, thus there is a greater need to expand emergency medical services in the country. [4] The state of emergency medical services in Pakistan is a cause for concern.
Kharadar General Hospital, formerly known as Cement Hospital, (Urdu: کھارادر جنرل ہسپتال) is a private hospital located in Kharadar, a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan. The hospital provides medical services to patients in various fields such as internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, surgery, and orthopedics, among others. [1]
The hospital continued to function efficiently until independence as the principal hospital of Karachi and received tremendous impetus after 1945 when the then Governor of Sindh Sir Hugh Dow transferred the medical school provisionally recognized by the Bombay University from Hyderabad to Karachi and laid the foundation of the Dow Medical ...
The site where the hospital has been located since Pakistani independence was before 1947 a centre for treatment of socially transmitted diseases. After 1947, it was converted to a centre for skin and social hygiene and treatment of lepers. The 50-bed hospital for treatment of skin diseases was established in the 1990s. [3]
In 1949, it was renamed Jinnah Central Hospital in honor of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. [6] In 1952, Dow Medical College was attached with the Jinnah Central Hospital. [2] The hospital started with 100 beds and by 1959 it had expanded to 500 beds. The Basic Medical Sciences Institute (BMSI) was founded in 1958-59. [6]
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It was established in 2005 when Islamic Mission Trust donated its non-functional hospital in Korangi, Karachi to Indus Hospital and Health Network. [2] Islamic Mission Trust Hospital was originally established in 1988. [3] When it started, it was Pakistan's first paperless and cashless hospital; the hospital has an e-cardiology system. [4]
The Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (KIRAN) is a cancer hospital in Karachi, Pakistan under the administrative control of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. KIRAN is one of nineteen medical centers in Pakistan providing patients access to diagnostic and treatment facilities either free of charge or at subsidized rates.