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Jinnah Hospital, Lahore

Coordinates: 31°29′05″N 74°17′51″E / 31.4846°N 74.2975°E / 31.4846; 74.2975
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Jinnah Hospital
جناح ہسپتال
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Jinnah Hospital, Lahore is located in Lahore
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore
Location in Lahore
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan)
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore is located in Pakistan
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore
Jinnah Hospital, Lahore (Pakistan)
Geography
LocationLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates31°29′05″N 74°17′51″E / 31.4846°N 74.2975°E / 31.4846; 74.2975
Organisation
Care systemPublic Sector hospital
FundingMinistry of National Health Services
Punjab Department of Health
TypeTeaching Hospital (Government)
Affiliated universityAllama Iqbal Medical College
University of Health Sciences Lahore
College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Services
Emergency departmentSurgical Emergency, Medical Emergency and Paediatric Emergency
Beds1650
HelipadAvailable
History
Opened1996

Jinnah Hospital (Punjabi, Urdu: جناح ہسپتال), is a teaching hospital in the Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is owned by the Government of Punjab.

It is spread over 105 acres (42 ha). According to the 'Ranking Web of World Hospitals', Jinnah Hospital, Lahore was the second best public sector hospital in Pakistan in 2016.[1]

Recognition

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History

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It began operations in 1994, with very limited facilities, and was formally inaugurated on 2 February 1996, although with only basic specialties at first.[3] In 2005, it added a new 100 bed Accident & Emergency Department.

The number of patients increased from 500,000 in 2003 to 700,000 in 2007. This increase reflects the faith of general public in this hospital. Jinnah Hospital, Lahore is also on the 'Tertiary Hospitals List' issued by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan.[3][4]

Services

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  1. General Medicine
  2. General Surgery
  3. Neurosurgery[3]
  4. Paediatrics
  5. Physiotherapy Department
  6. Cardiology/ CCU
  7. ENT
  8. Ophthalmology/ Eye
  9. Dermatology (Skin)
  10. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  11. Cardiac Surgery
  12. Pulmonology/ T.B. & Chest
  13. Accident and Emergency Department[3]
  14. Labour Room
  15. Trauma Centre
  16. Orthopaedic Ward[3]
  17. Oncology
  18. Psychiatry
  19. Radiotherapy
  20. Anaesthesia/ Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  21. Plastic Surgery[5]
  22. Urology
  23. Burn Centre (State of art)
  24. Paediatric Surgery
  25. Private Rooms
  26. Nephrology
  27. Endocrinology
  28. Fascio Maxillary Surgery[5]
  29. Vascular Surgery
  30. Diabetic Centre

References

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  1. ^ Junaidi, Ikram (27 June 2016). "Only four govt hospitals among the top 20 in the country (including Jinnah Hospital, Lahore)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ Jinnah Hospital, Lahore is accredited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 7 May 2021
  3. ^ a b c d e "Profile of Jinnah Hospital, Lahore". Allama Iqbal Medical College website. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ Tertiary Hospitals List includes Jinnah Hospital, Lahore Government of Punjab, Pakistan website, Retrieved 7 May 2021
  5. ^ a b Asif Chaudhry (19 October 2018). "Jinnah (Hospital) begins management of stage-IV cancer patients". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 May 2021.