Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (Urdu: عباسی شہید ہسپتال) is a teaching hospital located in Paposh Nagar neighborhood of Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[3]
| Abbasi Shaheed Hospital عباسی شہید ہسپتال | |
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| Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)[1] | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Organisation | |
| Affiliated university | College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan[2] |
| Services | |
| Beds | 850[3] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://kmdc.edu.pk/abbassi-shaheed-hospital/ |
History
editThe hospital was constructed in the early 1970s[4] and serves the residents of northern part of the city (Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, North Karachi, F. B. Area, Orangi Town etc.) with an estimated population of nearly 1 million. It is the Karachi's 3rd largest government hospital after Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and Civil Hospital.
This hospital was constructed by the city government during the tenure of Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in the name of Major Ziauddin Abbasi who sacrificed his life in the 1965 war between Pakistan and India.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tahir Siddiqui (18 July 2018). "13 KMC-run hospitals may have trouble dealing with emergencies on polling day". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Accredited hospital by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 25 February 2022
- ^ a b "ABBASSI SHAHEED HOSPITAL". Karachi Medical & Dental College website.
- ^ "Brief About ABBASI SHAHEED HOSPITAL". Karachi Medical and Dental College website. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Hassan, Maryam (21 March 2019). "While some romanticise war, families like mine pay the price". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Major Ziauddin Abbasi (SJ): The Unsung Hero of Battle of Chawinda".