The Combined Military Hospital Lahore is a tertiary care teaching hospital operated by the Pakistan Army. Its primary function is to provide specialized medical treatment to Armed forces personnel, their dependents (immediate families), as well as the general public. It is headed by a Major General from the Army Medical Corps of the Pakistan Army.[1][2][3]
| Combined Military Hospital Lahore | |
|---|---|
| Part of Pakistan Army Hospitals | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 31°32′27″N 74°22′22″E / 31.5409°N 74.3727°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | |
| Hospital type | Teaching Military Hospital |
| Commandant | Major General Syed Adil Hussanain |
| Affiliations | CMH Lahore Medical And Dental College Pakistan Medical and Dental Council National University of Medical Sciences College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan |
| Network | Combined Military Hospitals |
| Services | |
| Standards | ISO 9001:2015 |
| Emergency department | Level II Trauma Center |
| Beds | 1050 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1854 (As British Military Hospital) |
| First Commandant | Lt Col H.M. Salamat Ullah (MC) |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Lahore |
Recognized hospital
editCombined Military Hospital, Lahore is a recognized hospital by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan.[4]
History
editThe hospital was established in 1854 as a British Military Hospital (BMH) by the British military as a specialized treatment center for British officers serving in the subcontinent. In 1927, the British military raised another hospital nearby named the Indian Military Hospital (IMH). The BMH and IMH served as treatment facilities for British troops and Indian troops serving the British respectively. It was not until 1943 that the British decided to amalgamate both hospitals into one contiguous unit (primarily due to administrative issues), and named it the Combined Military Hospital.[3]
In 1947, after Pakistan's Independence, the Combined Military Hospital was handed over to the Pakistan Army. It was a 200-bed hospital at that time. The need for increasing medical facilities and the increasing population mandated several expansions of the hospital.
In 1982, its capacity was increased to 800 beds and was upgraded to a Class A hospital. It saw further expansion in 2004 with the addition of 200 more beds, increasing its capacity to 1000 beds. The construction of new CMH blocks for 1100 beds capacity is under process will be completed in 2024.The CMH Lahore was Commanded by Maj Gen Adil Khan, Brig Asghar Choudhry, Brig Sehar Zameer Siddiqui, Brig Rahat, Brig Naseer Hussain (2014), Maj Gen Qamar Ul Haq Noor Chaudhry (2015), Maj Gen Muhammad Aleem (2017), Brig Nasir Javed Malik (2019),Brig Amir Bin Tahir (2020), Gen Adil Husnain (2022)
Hospital facilities
editBeing a Class A hospital, it serves as the principal medical hospital for armed forces personnel in the Lahore region. Although, the hospital's primary task is to cater military officers, soldiers, and their families; it provides equal healthcare facilities to civilians.
Some of the specialized healthcare units available in the hospital are:
- Trauma center
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Gastroenterology
- Department of Pulmonology
- Department of Mental illnesses
- General Surgery Department
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Ear, Nose, Throat
- Dedicated Breast Cancer Clinic
- Thoracic Surgery Department
- Intensive Care Unit
- Orthopedic Department
- Plastic Surgery
- Rehabilitation Department
- Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Department
- Maxillofacial Center[2]
- Army Cardiac Center
Training / teaching facilities
editThe hospital serves as a teaching hospital to CMH Lahore Medical And Dental College. Most of the clinical faculty of the medical college are doctors of the Army Medical Corps serving in the hospital.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Army hospital on wheels (Combined Military Hospital Lahore) Dawn (newspaper), Published 3 June 2016, Retrieved 21 March 2023
- ^ a b "Army establishes new dental centre in CMH Lahore (Combined Military Hospital Lahore): ISPR". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 14 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "CMH-LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE AND INSTITUTE OF DENTISTRY". cmhlahore.edu.pk website. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Combined Military Hospital Lahore is recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 21 March 2023