Military Hospital Rawalpindi

Military Hospital Rawalpindi
Part of Pakistan Army Hospitals
Geography
LocationRawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates33°35′38″N 73°02′37″E / 33.5940°N 73.0436°E / 33.5940; 73.0436
Organisation
Care systemFederal Government
Hospital typeTeaching Military Hospital
CommandantMaj Gen Iftikhar Satti
AffiliationsArmy Medical College, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, NUMS, General Medical Council, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Services
StandardsISO 9001
Emergency departmentLevel II Trauma Center
Beds1200
History
Founded1857 (As British Indian Military Hospital)
Links
ListsHospitals 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]

  1. ^ "Hospital funded by UAE opens in Rawalpindi". Khaleej Times.
  2. ^ "Pakistani-Emirati military hospital opens in Rawalpindi". gulfnews.com.
  3. ^ a b "Affiliated Hospitals and Institutes: Army Medical College AMC Rawalpindi Pakistan Amcolian (NUST College of Medical Science) - includes Profile of The Military Hospital Rawalpindi". Pakmed.net website. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Inauguration of Pharmacy at Military Hospital Rawalpindi". Government of Pakistan (ispr.gov.pk) website. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2021.