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The Department runs: [2] 2,502 basic health units; 316 rural health centers; 88 Tehsil headquarter hospitals; 36 district headquarter hospitals; 46 Teaching hospitals/tertiary care hospitals; Pakistan is number 8 out of the 22 most disease burdened countries in the world. TB is most common in Pakistan.
The university was established in 1974 as Rawalpindi Medical College. It was initially affialited with the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. In 2003, it became affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore. In May 2017, this college was upgraded to university status by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. [4]
As of January 2019, there are a total of 114 medical colleges in Pakistan, 44 of which are public and 70 private. [1] All but two colleges are listed in International Medical Education Directory. As per Pakistan Medical Commission 2021 database, there are 176 medical colleges in Pakistan (Medical and Dental Colleges), including 45 public sector ...
Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC), (Urdu: ہیئتِ پاکستان برائے تحقیقاتِ صحت) formerly known as the Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) is an autonomous research agency of Government of Pakistan under the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination in the field of medical and health sciences.
Faisalabad Medical University (Urdu: فیصل آباد جامعه طب; abbr. FMU) is a public university located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, on a 158-acre (0.64 km 2) campus on Sargodha Road. It was established, as Punjab Medical College, in 1973 and received the status of a university in 2017.
Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) (Urdu: علامہ اقبال میڈیکل کالج) is a public medical college in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is widely regarded as one of the best medical institutions of the country. Established in 1975, it is a public school of medicine, nursing, and allied health sciences.
University of health sciences, Lahore is an internationally recognized, student centered research university with a mission of improvement of health care delivery to the populace. It regulates and coordinates the activities of medical education, training and research institutions throughout Punjab .
Provincial medical entrance exams included the MDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore in Punjab and Balochistan before the NMDCAT. It was implemented in 1998 as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) on the initiative of the then chief minister of Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to counter replete cheating in HSSC exams at the time.