Military Hospital Rawalpindi
{{short description|Pakistani hospital}}
{{Distinguish|Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi}}
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The Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, commonly known as Military Hospital Rawalpindi, is a public hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/hospital-funded-by-uae-opens-in-rawalpindi|title=Hospital funded by UAE opens in Rawalpindi|website=Khaleej Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/pakistani-emirati-military-hospital-opens-in-rawalpindi-1.2022901|title=Pakistani-Emirati military hospital opens in Rawalpindi|website=gulfnews.com}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://pakmed.net/college/forum/?p=596 |title=Affiliated Hospitals and Institutes: Army Medical College AMC Rawalpindi Pakistan Amcolian (NUST College of Medical Science) - includes Profile of The Military Hospital Rawalpindi |publisher=Pakmed.net website|date=3 July 2010|accessdate=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122150101/http://pakmed.net/college/forum/?p=596 |archive-date=22 January 2013|url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=1209|website=Government of Pakistan (ispr.gov.pk) website|title=Inauguration of Pharmacy at Military Hospital Rawalpindi|date=19 March 2010|accessdate=1 May 2021}}
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.
History
The hospital was established in 1887 as "Indian Troops Hospital".It was a 50 bedded facility for Indian military troops. At the time of independence the hospital grew to 200 beds and was designated as the "Military Hospital". Hospital was renamed as "Pak Emirates Military Hospital" in July 2018 after a grant of $108 million given by the Government of the United Arab Emirates as part of the development program called United Arab Emirates Pakistan Assistance Program.{{Cite web|url=https://arab.news/4sfgq|title=Hospital built by UAE at forefront of Pakistan’s fight against COVID-19|date=August 30, 2020|website=Arab News PK}}{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/650965/a-gift-from-uae-pindi-gets-modern-health-facility|title=A gift from UAE: Pindi gets modern health facility|date=December 27, 2013|website=The Express Tribune}}
On 23 June 2019, the hospital suffered damage due to oxygen cylinder blast .{{cite web|url= https://news.yahoo.com/explosion-military-hospital-rawalpindi-pakistan-130000096.html |title=Explosion at military hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan |date=23 June 2019 |publisher=Yahoo News|access-date=1 May 2021}}
==Recognition==
- The General Medical Council of the UK recognizes the hospital for postgraduate training in many disciplines. The hospital looks after a variety of patients and the medical students of this college are given practical clinical training by the various specialists and professors.
- Recognised by the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.[https://www.cpsp.edu.pk/files/news_notifications/CPSP_Public_Notice.pdf Military Hospital Rawalpindi is on the List of Accredited Institutions of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan] College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan website, Published 11 July 2014, Retrieved 1 May 2021
- Recognised by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.[https://mbbsstudystuff.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/list-of-recognized-hospitals-for-house-job-by-pmdc/ Military Hospital Rawalpindi is on the List of Recognised Hospitals by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council] Published 13 April 2015, Retrieved 1 May 2021
The hospital also provides tertiary care facilities. The hospital is still the largest, despite its Radiology, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry departments are now independent units with their own administrative set up but no physical boundaries.