Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences | |
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Capital Administration and Development Division | |
Geography | |
Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Helipad | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1985 |
Links | |
Website | https://pims.gov.pk |
Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Urdu: پاکستان دانش کدہ برائے طبّی سائنس, abbreviated as PIMS) is a research oriented health sciences institute located in Islamabad, Pakistan.[1]
It is one of the region's leading tertiary level hospitals which includes 22 medical and surgical specialist centers. It provides medical training through the Quaid-e-Azam Postgraduate Medical College which was established on 1 February 1989.[2]
Later on Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University was established through act of parliament in 2013. The first vice chancellor was professor Dr. Javed Akram who served till 2018.
History
[edit]Established in 1985 the institute includes three semi-autonomous hospitals including the Islamabad Hospital (IH) which is a 592-bed hospital spread over 3.5 hectares, the 230 Bedded Children's Hospital spread over 1.6 hectares specializing in pediatric care and the 125 bedded Maternal & Child Health Care Centrel which specializes in obstetrics and gynaecology.[3][4]
Hospital departments
[edit]The medical care departments of the institute are:[5]
- Anesthesia[5]
- Blood Bank[4][5]
- Burn Center
- Cardiology[5]
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- General Medicine
- E.N.T.
- Gastroenterology[5]
- Gynecology
- Neonatology
- Nephrology[4][5]
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Pathology[4][5]
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology[4]
- Rheumatology
- General surgery-I
- Urology
- Infectious disease
Treatment of patients
[edit]In 2018, according to PIMS Gastroenterology Department, there was a 30 per cent increase in patients at this hospital compared to the number of patients in 2016-17.[1]
Components
[edit]- Islamabad Hospital (IH)
- Children’s Hospital (CH)
- Mother & Child Health Care Centre
- Burn Centre
- Cardiac Centre
Teaching institutes
[edit]The Medical colleges and school affiliated with the institute are:
- Quaid-e-Azam Postgraduate Medical College
- Federal Medical & Dental College
- College of Nursing (offer 02 year Post RN B.Sc, 04 year Generic BS Nursing and 01 year specialize Nsg courses in 07 sub-specialties)
- School of Nursing
References
[edit]- ^ a b Muhammad Qasim (13 July 2018). "PIMS registers 87,790 patients with digestive diseases in one year". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences – Pilot testing in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region World Health Organization (WHO) website, Retrieved 3 July 2022
- ^ "Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences – Maternal & Child Health Care Centre". Archived from the original on 1 November 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) (Islamabad Hospital)". Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Departments at PIMS". Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.