Lahore General Hospital

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Lahore General Hospital
Lahore General Hospital
Geography
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates 31°27′25″N74°21′03″E / 31.456982°N 74.350695°E / 31.456982; 74.350695 Coordinates: 31°27′25″N74°21′03″E / 31.456982°N 74.350695°E / 31.456982; 74.350695
Organisation
Care system Public Sector hospital
Type General
Affiliated university Ameer-ud-Din Medical College
Postgraduate Medical Institute
Services
Beds1600
Helipad No
History
Opened1959
Links
Website lgh.punjab.gov.pk
Lists Hospitals in Pakistan
Other links List of hospitals in Lahore

Lahore General Hospital is a public sector teaching hospital located on Ferozepur Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is affiliated with Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore. [1]

Contents

Recognition

History

A piece of land measuring one square and seven acre i.e. (256 kanals) situated on Ferozepur, Road, Lahore about 17 kilometers from Lahore was proposed for beggar house. The foundation was laid down by Begum Naheed Sikandar Mirza (w/o then governor-general of Pakistan Iskander Mirza), on 27 February 1958. The first phase of the building was completed in late 1958. An opening ceremony was held on 30 September 1958 by Nahid Mirza. [3]

Due to some reasons[ clarification needed ] the proposed beggar house plan was sacked and it was decided by then government leaders to provide health facilities to the general public, leading to the creation of the hospital. At that time, the hospital was used as convalescent home for the overflow of patients of Mayo Hospital in Lahore, and there were no adequate treatment or diagnostic facilities available at Lahore General Hospital.

The department of neurosurgery of King Edward Medical College, Lahore was set up at the hospital in 1966. [4] This department was housed in old building temporarily till 1981. Then after the birth of Postgraduate Medical Institute Lahore in 1974, Lahore General Hospital Lahore was affiliated with Postgraduate Medical Institute in July, 1975. [5] [6]

In 1995, on the shifting of Allama Iqbal Medical College to a new campus, the Jinnah Hospital complex was affiliated with AIMC and PGMI was shifted to Services Hospital, Lahore. [7] The Lahore General Hospital was attached with AIMC. This continued till 31 May 1997. Then, again, LGH was attached with PGMI on 31 May 1997. At present, all these departments are attached with PGMI Lahore, including neurosurgery department.

On 1 July 1998, Lahore General Hospital was declared as an autonomous hospital. [8] Dr. Sabiha Khurshid Ahmad was appointed as 1st chief executive of this hospital. After the autonomy, new operation theaters of urology and orthopedics were started, which lowered the huge burden of SOT, SOT was renovated and a new recovery room was added to it. A laundry plant was also installed. Seven rooms for private patients declared in general side in addition to eighteen rooms in the neurosurgery department. [9]

In 2017, it became the first public sector hospital at which a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was performed. [1] It was recently exempted from all utility taxes. [10]

On 12 December 2020, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar announced an expansion of the hospital, which would include 400 beds in the general ward, 400 beds in cardiology, and 200 beds in blood diseases wards. [11]

Clinical departments

  1. Anatomy
  2. Biochemistry
  3. Dermatology
  4. Medicine
  5. Neurology
  6. Obstetrics & gynaecology [12]
  7. Orthopedics
  8. Pathology
  9. Pharmacology
  10. Plastic surgery [12]
  11. Pulmonology
  12. Urology
  13. Anesthesia
  14. Community medicine
  15. Forensic medicine
  16. Nephrology
  17. Neurosurgery
  18. Ophthalmology
  19. Otorhinolaryngology / ENT [12]
  20. Pediatrics
  21. Physiology
  22. Psychiatry
  23. Radiology [12]
  24. Surgery

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References

  1. 1 2 Iqtidar Gilani (24 September 2017). "Lahore General Hospital makes history". The Nation (newspaper). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Lahore General Hospital is accredited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 7 May 2021
  3. ↑ "Lahore General Hospital to hold special ceremony marking 60 years of service". Daily Times (newspaper). 28 December 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ↑ University Lahore, King Edward Medical (2018). 158 years of Excellence - History of King Edward Medical University .pdf. Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan: The Vice Chancellor, King Edward Medical University Lahore. pp. 101, 249.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ↑ "History - Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore". Government of the Punjab website. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Patients treated on floor". The Nation (newspaper). 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ↑ ":: Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore :: Beta Version ::". Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan website. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Autonomous Bodies - Punjab Portal (list includes Lahore General Hospital)". Government of the Punjab website. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "History - Lahore General Hospital". Government of the Punjab website. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "LGH exempted from utility tax". The News International (newspaper). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Buzdar announces multi-billion projects for Lahore". The Nation (newspaper). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Basic & Clinical Departments - Lahore General Hospital". Government of the Punjab website. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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