Military Hospital Rawalpindi | |
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Part of Pakistan Army Hospitals | |
Geography | |
Location | Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 33°35′38″N 73°02′37″E / 33.5940°N 73.0436°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Federal Government |
Hospital type | Teaching Military Hospital |
Commandant | Maj Gen Iftikhar Satti |
Affiliations | Army Medical College, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, NUMS, General Medical Council, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan |
Services | |
Standards | ISO 9001 |
Emergency department | Level II Trauma Center |
Beds | 1200 |
History | |
Founded | 1857 (As British Indian Military Hospital) |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
The Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, commonly known as Military Hospital Rawalpindi, is a public hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[1][2] It is the largest hospital of the Pakistan Armed Forces, being one of the hospitals in the Pakistan Army with an ISO certification, located in the city of Rawalpindi. Before independence in 1947 it was called the British Indian Military Hospital Rawalpindi.[3][4]
Its commandant/CEO is a serving Major General of Army Medical Corps. It has one deputy commandant with the rank of brigadier and two assistant commandants (administrators) with the rank of Colonel. Its family wing is looked after by a Lady Medical Officer with the rank of brigadier. It is an affiliated hospital of the Army Medical College and Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute, Rawalpindi. It is also a teaching institution for nurses and paramedics.
The hospital, established in 1857, has 1200 beds for in-patient treatment. The hospital comprises three medical units, Departments of Surgery, Family Medicine, Dermatology, Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Department of Intensive Care Units. The bed occupancy rate is about 95 percent.[3]