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According to 2016 statistics, Pakistan has more than 1200 public hospitals and 700 private hospitals. [1] Besides these hospitals, there are also small Medical Clinics plus Maternity & Child Health Centers in different areas of Pakistan. [2] The fees of public hospitals are marginal and affordable for all. However, private hospitals are expensive.
Civil Hospital Karachi, officially known as Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, is a 1,900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. [1] It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Dow Medical College, Karachi. [2]
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) was established in 1948 when RAF Hospital No. 10 was renamed Pakistan Central Hospital. [6] 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]
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 hospitals were constructed during the British Raj. [1]In January 2019, a nursery ward was inaugurated at the Railway Hospital Multan. [2] Since 2020, the hospitals in Lahore, Karachi, Multan are operated by the Islamic International Medical College Trust (IIMCT) under the public-private partnership for thirty years.
A number of modern hospital facilities exist in major cities such as Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore that are fully equipped and facilitated with the latest medical technologies. Many doctors and surgeons in Pakistani hospitals tend to be foreign qualified.
Dental clinic in Karachi. Health care in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan is administered by both private and public health care providers. [1] Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.
The hospital was constructed in the early 1970s [4] and serves the residents of northern part of the city (Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, North Karachi, F. B. Area, Orangi Town etc.) with an estimated population of nearly 1 million. It is the Karachi's 3rd largest government hospital after Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and Civil Hospital.