Pakistan has achieved notable development in the field of health and medicine from the past few decades. Health and nutrition campaigns are organized in government and private level to promote health among masses of Pakistan. And it should be noted that the country which was evolved once with no resources of its own in 1947, has stood itself to provide crucial medical care to the masses.
No doubt, these government hospitals were built during British colonial times including Lady Reading in Peshawar and Karachi’s Civil Hospital, but the government of Pakistan has put a lot of effort from time to time to keep these hospitals operations. The main epitome of these government hospitals is to deal people who are too poor and can’t afford treatment.
Today we have short-listed the Top 5 Best Government Hospitals in Pakistan, which have overcome typical problems i.e. late admission of patients in wards due to limited number of beds in hospital, lack of supervision of doctors and hospital authorities, insufficient lab facilities, lack of instruction for patients to locate labs, OPDs and inadequate measures for sterilization to prevent hospital acquired infection.
Note: These Top 5 Best Government Hospitals in Pakistan are ranked in consideration of ‘Ranking Web of World Hospitals’ report, which has listed only four government-run hospitals among the top 20 in the country.
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Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), Islamabad
This research oriented health sciences institute is one of the region’s leading tertiary level hospitals which includes 22 medical and surgical specialist centers. Located in Islamabad, Pakistan, this public hospital is a 592-bed hospital spread over 3.5 hectares, the 230 Bedded Children’s Hospital spread over 1.6 hectares specializing in pediatric care and the 125 bedded Maternal & Child Health Care Central which specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. Taking 7th position among the top 20 public and private hospitals in the country, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has topped the list of public sector hospitals in Pakistan.
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Jinnah Hospital Lahore
A second largest teaching hospital in the Pakistan is listed among the top 20 hospitals of Pakistan. Surprisingly, a public hospital with only basic specialties at first in 1996 has done remarkable development in 2005. Jinnah Hospital Lahore has added a new 100 bed Accident & Emergency Department in 2005 and the number of patients increased from 500,000 in 2003 to 700,000 in 2007. And all this is contributed to cooperative and caring staff and regular visit of doctors and nurses to provide accurate treatment on time.
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Services Hospital, Lahore
A separate outpatient department of Mayo Hospital was constructed as a public hospital for government employees, and now renamed as Services Hospital, the hospital is providing quality treatment to patients in the emergency department for which staff is trained to deal emergency patients and disaster victims.
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Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar
Perched out in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, Lady Reading Hospital is an icon in field of post graduate medical institutes of Pakistan. Named after Lady Reading, the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lord Reading, and the hospital was built during British Raj. And now this hospital runs at 70% of government and 30% self funding. A 200-bed hospital is believed to deal 2500 patients per day and the casualty cases at the Accidents and Emergency department number more than 1500 or 1800 per day, according a report of 2008. Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar is a blessing in disguise for poor and middle class people in this left-out province of Pakistan for providing medical, surgical, ENT, Eye, and T.B. wards
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Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi
This centrally located hospital of Karachi is listed among the best government hospitals of world. The hospital is Pakistan’s largest kidney disease center that provides free medical treatment to patients from the rural and poorer urban strata with virtually no access to medical facilities. The hospital is known for emergency unit, efficient labs, radiology department and timely treatment of patients without any discrimination of poor and rich.
