Islamabad Hospital (IH) is a major part of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. It has 592 beds and has 22 medical and surgical specialties. The roomy, centrally air conditioned
OPD of Islamabad Hospital opened on 18th December 1985, inpatients and Accident & Emergency centre began in October 1986.
Prime Minister Muhammed Khan Junejo formal inaugurated the place in September 1987. Its area covers approximately 356976sq.ft. The Administration block can be found in the ground floor.
Objectives
Islamabad Hospital was established to provide medical facilities to the community of Rawalpindi/Islamabad. It is also used a National Referral Hospital for Northern areas Azad Jammu and Kashmir NWFP and Northern area of Punjab. Another important function was to act as a center point for research activities in health services.
Staff
Staffs of the Islamabad Hospital number to almost 1800 composed of Executive Director, Consultants, Specialists, Medical and Non-medical officers, Nurses and Paramedics.
Services
Clinical Services
It has fully equipped out patient, inpatient departments. It also provides excellent diagnostic facilities such as. Radiology, Pathology, Blood Bank, Angiography, Scanning, stress electrocardiography, EMG and Nerve Contraction, Bronchoscopy, Endoscopy and other GI Procedure. Islamabad Hospital has fully equipped Accident & Emergency Centre, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Operation Theatre (OT) and Private wards with most modern and necessary facilities. It has dialysis unit for Nephrology patients and a Head Injury Unit in Neurosurgery.
Supporting Services
The hospital has social welfare department, mustahaqeen zakat counter, Accounts Department, Physiotherapy Department, Pharmacy Department, Statistic and Medical Record Section, Library, Audiovisual, Auditorium, Blood bank and many others provided to indirectly serve the patient. Other services provided are: sterilization system a modern laundry, kitchen, central HVAC system and lift for patients.
Workload
Patient statistics showed that daily work load in Out Patient Department (OPD) is more than 1200 patients, daily average admissions in inpatients is 60. The number of patients visiting Accident & Emergency is more than 200.
