Benazir Bhutto Hospital Explained

Benazir Bhutto Hospital
Location:Rawalpindi
State:Punjab
Country:Pakistan
Healthcare:Public
Funding:Public
Type:Teaching, District General
Affiliation:Rawalpindi Medical University
Emergency:Yes
Beds:750
Publictransit:Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus

Benazir Bhutto Hospital (Urdu: {{nq|بینظیر بھٹو ہسپتال), also known as the Rawalpindi General Hospital, is a teaching hospital located on the Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[1] It is a major teaching hospital offering basic specialties as well as psychiatry, orthopedics, urology and cardiology. It is associated with Rawalpindi Medical University.[2]

Hospital was recognized by Punjab Healthcare Commission in 2022.

It is both the place where Liaqat Ali Khan died on 16 October 1951 and where Benazir Bhutto died on 27 December 2007. Both were Prime Ministers of Pakistan; both were assassinated in Liaqat National Bagh; and they were treated at the hospital by two doctors both called Khan, who were father and son.[3]

History

The hospital was opened as a district headquarters hospital in 1957.[1] [4]

Departments

The Psychiatry Department has been upgraded to the Institute of Psychiatry, the first of its kind in Punjab. The Institute of Psychiatry is also the regional center of W.H.O. for mental health.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Without a triage. Qadeer . Tanoli. 18 December 2022. BOL News.
  2. Web site: List of Pakistan Medical Schools . 23 April 2002. 28 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20071229201947/http://www.medicstravel.co.uk/CountryHospitals/Asia/pakistan.htm . 2007-12-29 . dead .
  3. Web site: BBC World Service - The Assassination, Episode 6: The Murder . 2023-05-16 . BBC . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Benazir Bhutto Hospital . Government of the Punjab . 4 March 2020.