Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

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Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) [1]
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Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
Geography
Location Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Organisation
Affiliated university College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan [2]
Services
Beds850 [3]
History
Opened1974
Links
Website http://kmdc.edu.pk/abbassi-shaheed-hospital/

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Paposh Nagar neighborhood of Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [3]

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This public 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.

This hospital was constructed by the city government (known as baldia uzma) during the tenure of Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in the name of Major Ziauddin Abbasi who sacrificed his life in the 1965 war between Pakistan and India.

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References

  1. Tahir Siddiqui (18 July 2018). "13 KMC-run hospitals may have trouble dealing with emergencies on polling day". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. Accredited hospital by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 25 February 2022
  3. 1 2 "ABBASSI SHAHEED HOSPITAL". Karachi Medical & Dental College website.
  4. "Brief About ABBASI SHAHEED HOSPITAL". Karachi Medical and Dental College website. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

Coordinates: 24°55′N67°02′E / 24.917°N 67.033°E / 24.917; 67.033