Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the extension of operation theatre and emergency room at Railway General Hospital being run by the Islamic International Medical College trust (IIMCT), says a press release.
Speaking at the ceremony, the minister expressed his pleasure over the extension plans for the Railway Hospital , prepared by the IIMCT.
The minister described the collaboration between the IIMCT and the Pakistan Railways as a unique example of public-private sector partnership.
The administrator of the Railway General Hospital , Dr Omer Awwab Khan, told the minister that the operation theater extension would facilitate more patients visiting the hospital. He said 768 patients were operated upon in 1998 while the number of surgeries in 2006 was increased up to 2,643.
The extension plan of the operation theatre, he said, would include the enhancement of sterilization system, increased operation rooms, improved recovery rooms, pain clinic and computerised camera system. The extension plan for emergency room includes increase in beds, staff? rooms and better approach for patients.
Dr Omer said the extension of ?emergency room was being carried out in view of manifold Increase In the number of patients. In 1999, he said, the total number of patients was 9,800 while in 2006 it increased up to 24,770.
The IIMCT had added skin laser clinic, leproscopic surgery, endoscopy department, burn unit and CT scan in the hospital recently for the benefit of Railway employees and general public.
The executive director of the IIMCT, Asadullah Khan, briefed media persons about community welfare programmes of the Railway General Hospital . He said the hospital organised nine free medical camps in recent days in which more than 4,300
patients were given free consultation and medicines.
Speaking at the ceremony, the minister expressed his pleasure over the extension plans for the Railway Hospital , prepared by the IIMCT.
The minister described the collaboration between the IIMCT and the Pakistan Railways as a unique example of public-private sector partnership.
The administrator of the Railway General Hospital , Dr Omer Awwab Khan, told the minister that the operation theater extension would facilitate more patients visiting the hospital. He said 768 patients were operated upon in 1998 while the number of surgeries in 2006 was increased up to 2,643.
The extension plan of the operation theatre, he said, would include the enhancement of sterilization system, increased operation rooms, improved recovery rooms, pain clinic and computerised camera system. The extension plan for emergency room includes increase in beds, staff? rooms and better approach for patients.
Dr Omer said the extension of ?emergency room was being carried out in view of manifold Increase In the number of patients. In 1999, he said, the total number of patients was 9,800 while in 2006 it increased up to 24,770.
The IIMCT had added skin laser clinic, leproscopic surgery, endoscopy department, burn unit and CT scan in the hospital recently for the benefit of Railway employees and general public.
The executive director of the IIMCT, Asadullah Khan, briefed media persons about community welfare programmes of the Railway General Hospital . He said the hospital organised nine free medical camps in recent days in which more than 4,300
patients were given free consultation and medicines.
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