Mayo Hospital

For the hospital in the United States, see Mayo Clinic.

Mayo Hospital
Geography
Location	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Organisation
Affiliated university	King Edward Medical University
Services
Beds	2,400 [1]
History
Opened	1871
Links
Website	www.mayohospital.gop.pk

Mayo Hospital is one of the oldest and biggest hospitals in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. King Edward Medical University, one of the oldest and most prestigious medical institutions in South Asia, is attached to Mayo Hospital. Mayo Hospital is located in the heart of Old Lahore, and provides free treatment to almost all admitted patients as part of a government policy. It also has many different ward's mainly centered around the Syed A route location.

It underwent a major overhaul recently, where many of its departments have been renovated to give the hospital a modern look. It includes Accident and Emergency Department Building, ^[2] Paediatrics Department Building, ^[3] and Eye Department Building. ^[4]

History

The hospital building was completed in 1870 at a cost of Rs 150'000 and it began operating in 1871. The hospital is named after the then Viceroy of British India, "Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo" also locally known as Lord Mayo. This hospital was to serve the needs of the 70,000 people of Punjab at that time. The hospital started with 3 specialties (General Medicine, General Surgery, Eye & Ent). The architecture of the hospital is Italian, designed by Pudon and engineered by Rai Bahadur Kanahya Lal, one of the leading architects of that time. ^[5] However, the architectural influence resembles medieval hospitals built during the Middle Ages. ^{[6] [7]} The additions between 1960 and early 1980 were designed by A. R. Hye. The main building of the hospital is one of the oldest buildings of the British Era in Pakistan.

The hospital buildings were built in the following order:

• Main Building of Mayo Hospital (Now inpatient department) in 1871
• AVH (Private) Block in 1891
• Out Patient Department in 1952
• Pediatrics Ward in 1974
• Institute of Ophthalmology in 1982
• Accidents & Emergency Block & Pediatric Surgery Block (present) in 1984
• Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2001
• Surgical Tower in 2018 ^[8]

Facilities Available

Source: ^[9]

• Physiotherapy and Manual therapy on both indoor and outdoor basis
• Central Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with Central Oxygen and Suction System
• Standard Coronary Care Unit (CCU) Facilities
• Angiography, Angioplasty, Cardiac Bypass, Heart Valves Replacement and all sorts of Cardiac Operations and procedures
• Radio Isotope Cardiology, Thallium Scan, Echocardiography
• Spiral Computed Tomography, Color Doppler and Ultrasonography
• Renal Transplantation and Renal Hemodialysis
• Radiotherapy
• Latest Physiotherapy Equipment, Rehabilitation Center and Orthopedic Workshop
• Neuroangiography, Electromyography (EMG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and all kind of advanced Neurosurgical operations
• Operations of Plastic Surgery and cosmetology (Lip Augmentation, Rhinoplasty ^[10] )
• Operations of Facio-maxillary, Jaw and Dental Surgery
• All kinds of Orthopedic Operations
• All kind of Eye and Otorhinolaryngology Operations
• Surgical Operations of all kind for neonates, children, young and old patients
• Radio Isotope Thyroid, Liver, Bone, Brain and other organs scanning, Hormonal Assays and Viral Markings
• Speech & Language Therapy
• 24/7 Emergency Head & Spine Trauma
• Dedicated Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Clinic ^{[11] [12]}
• Complete State of the Art Neurosurgery Services including Functional Neurosurgery Services (DBS, SCS) ^{[13] [14]}
• Pakistan's biggest, state of the art burn unit in surgical tower ^[15]

Departments

Source: ^[16]

Accident and Emergency

The main emergency department treats adults and children 13 years of age and up. There are separate emergency facilities for children less than 13 years old: Pediatric Medicine and Pediatric Surgery.

• Total Beds available: ~500
• Patients seen per day in all Emergency departments (Adult and Pediatric): ~ 600 - 800

Facilities Available in Emergency Department

• 24-hour in-house coverage by Consultant Physicians & Surgeons and prompt availability of care in varying specialties such as Orthopedic surgery, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.
• Intensive care (ICU) & coronary care unit (CCU), fully equipped with central monitoring, central oxygen supply system, ventilators, defibrillators and enough stock of medicines
• A well equipped clinical laboratory, performing 1500–2000 tests daily.
• Sufficient stock of blood of all groups in blood bank.
• Ambulance service for transport of patients within.

Out-Patient Department

There are 42 out-patient departments comprising Medicine and Surgery and other sub-specialties.

• Average patients per day in OPD: ~2000

Inpatient Department

• Average surgeries performed per day: ~250
• Total Beds: ~2399
• Major Departments: 4 Internal Medicine and 4 General Surgical Departments.

Total patients seen per year are ~8,35,136: ~2,25,653 in the Emergency and ~6,09,483 in the Outpatient Department.

Medicine Wards

4 major medicine unit wards are there, located in the "ghari wali building".

1. North Medical Ward

2. South Medical Ward

3. East Medical Ward (also known as Lyallpur Ward)

4. West Medical Ward (also known as Sialkot Ward)

Surgery Wards

4 major surgery unit wards are there, located in the "surgical tower building".

1. North Surgical Ward (also known as Delhi Ward)

2. South Surgical Ward (also known as Amritsar Ward)

3. East Surgical Ward (also known as Gujranwala Ward)

4. West Surgical Ward (also known as Anarkali Ward)

Achievements

Free Clinical Services

Starting from 24 May 2003, following departments provide 100% free treatment (as long as the patient remains admitted in the hospital): ^{[17] [18]}

• Accident & Emergency Department
• Inpatient Departments of all Medical & Surgical Specialties
• Out Patient Departments of all Medical & Surgical Specialties

Free Diagnostic Services

All admitted patients are getting Free of Cost diagnostic Laboratory & Radiology Services. ^[19]

Psychiatry department of Mayo Hospital Lahore designated status of Psycho trauma Center for Punjab Province

The psychiatry department of Mayo Hospital Lahore has been designated status of Psycho trauma Center for province of Punjab by Prime Ministers National Advisory Council in the aftermath of killings at Army Public School, Peshawar killings in 2014. This center is created to conduct workshops on trauma, identify and train team of mental health professionals and develop modules for training. ^[20] The department is being headed by Prof. Aftab Asif. The chief coordinator is Dr Ali Madeeh Hashmi. A technical expert committee has been made with prominent psychiatrists and psychologists from Punjab. The center held its first workshop for First responders team and trained professionals from 1122 rescue service, traffic police, and Punjab police officers in 'Psychological First Aid' on 17 January 2015. Next workshop was carried out on 7 February 2015. Media professionals from different genre were included and topics such as responsible reporting of terrorist activities, mental health problems faced by media personnel and the dynamics between government, media and terrorism highlighted the programme. ^[21]

Neurosurgery Department Pioneers Spinal Cord Stimulation in Pakistan

Pakistan's first Spinal Cord Stimulation surgery was done by Neurosurgery Department of King Edward Medical University / Mayo Hospital Lahore in August 2018. Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system was purchased via tender. ^[22] The team included Professor Shahzad Shams (Chairman ^{[13] [14]} Neurosurgery King Edward Medical University / Mayo Hospital Lahore), Dr Muhammad Tariq ^[23] (Asst Prof Neurosurgery King Edward Medical University, Lahore), Dr Ammar Anwer ^[24] (Research Fellow ANFN-DBS Pakistan) and Dr Rupesh Jung Raut (R 3, Neurosurgery Department King Edward Medical University / Mayo Hospital Lahore). The patient was suffering from phantom limb syndrome and Medtronic Prime Advance™ SCS system ^[25] was implanted bilaterally in cervical spine.

Organization

Medical Superintendent heads the Hospital Management. ^[26]

Working Conditions at Mayo Hospital

On 4 August 2023, the nurses at the hospital protested about their work hours, claiming they were being treated in an unfair manner by the professors. ^[27]

On 12 June 2023, an injured man brought to the hospital with bullet wounds was killed when three armed men entered the emergency room and shot him three times. ^[28]

In June 2023, patients and staff reported a severe shortage in essential medicines, lab services, ventilators, and beds. ^[29]

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