Bahawal Victoria Hospital
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| Name = Bahawal Victoria Hospital
{{nq|بہاول وکٹوریہ سپتال}}
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| Region = Bahawalpur
| State = Punjab
| Country = Pakistan
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| Affiliation = Quaid-e-Azam Medical College
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Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) ({{langx|ur|بہاول وکٹوریہ سپتال}}) is a hospital located in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. It is named after Nawab of Bahawalpur's British wife, Victoria.{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2345492/bahawalpur-cemetery-a-royal-remembrance|title=Bahawalpur cemetery: A royal remembrance |date=February 27, 2022|website=The Express Tribune}}
History
It started as a Civil Hospital with an outdoor department, a dispensary, and an operating theatre in 1876. In 1906, this health unit was named Bahawal Victoria Hospital.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/200511|title=BVH centenary slips unnoticed|last=Gill|first=Majeed|date=2006-07-08|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}} Now, it is a hub of clinical expertise both in specialties as well as in sub-specialties with a multitude of patients visiting the hospital. In 1952, a benevolent extension of Nursing School was brought about with an anticipation to render rash and prompt basic health amenities. Classes leading to L.S.M.F were also started in 1956.{{Citation|last=Chaudhry|first=Ammar|title=Bahawal Victoria Hospital|date=2009-08-08|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ammarkh/3804464335/|access-date=2019-06-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://hospital.move.pk/about.php|title=Bahawal Victoria Hospital}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.drnajeeblectures.com/qaid-e-azam-medical-college/|title=QAMC - Quaid e Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.|website=Dr. Najeeb Lectures|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1549247/1-deplorable-condition-bahawal-victoria-hospital-royal-mess/|title=Bahawal Victoria Hospital is a 'royal mess'|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2017-11-04|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-23}} Its nexus with Quaid e Azam Medical College (QAMC) in 1970 has transformed it into one of the largest tertiary care facilities in the province of Punjab.
It is now a 2200-bed, fully equipped, tertiary-care hospital with all medical and surgical specialities, serving large number of patients in south Punjab.{{Cite journal|last1=Atif|first1=Muhammad|last2=Azeem|first2=Muhammad|last3=Sarwar|first3=Muhammad Rehan|last4=Shahid|first4=Samia|last5=Javaid|first5=Sidra|last6=Ikram|first6=Huria|last7=Baig|first7=Uzma|last8=Scahill|first8=Shane|date=2016-11-08|title=WHO/INRUD prescribing indicators and prescribing trends of antibiotics in the Accident and Emergency Department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Pakistan|journal=SpringerPlus|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=1928|doi=10.1186/s40064-016-3615-1|pmid=27933228|issn=2193-1801|pmc=5099312 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |date=2020-08-17|title=No general health care yet at Bahawal Victoria Hospital-II, dedicated for Covid-19 patients|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1574806|access-date=2022-02-25|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} It facilitates undergraduate medical students of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, nursing students of allied nursing school, paramedics and many post-graduate trainees.{{citation |title=Bahawalpur: Area and Population |url=http://www.bahawalpur.gov.pk/area.htm |publisher=Official Bahawalpur Government Website |accessdate=2010-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109084354/http://www.bahawalpur.gov.pk/area.htm |archive-date=2010-11-09 |url-status=dead }}
Units and departments
- Department of Medicine (consists of four wards/units)
- Department of Surgery (consists of four wards/units)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (consists of two wards/units)
- Department of Paediatrics (consists of two wards/units)
- Department of Allied Medicine
- Cardiology/CCU unit
- Nephrology/Dialysis unit
- Pulmonology/Chest Diseases unit
- Dermatology unit
- Psychiatry/Behavioural Sciences unit
- Department of Allied Surgery (consists of two units of each of
- Otolaryngology (two units)
- Ophthalmology (two units)
- Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Urology
- Neurosurgery
- Accidents and Emergency Department
- Paediatric Surgery
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
- Department of Pathology/Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Histopathology section
- Haematology section
- Microbiology section
- Chemical Pathology section
- Molecular Biology/PCR section
- Endocrinology section
- Department of Physiotherapy
- Department of Public Health/Community Medicine