Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex Lahore Explained

Type:	Public (Government)
Chairman:	Mateen Izhar
City:	Lahore
Province:	Punjab
Country:	Pakistan
Campus:	55 Acre
Affiliations:	PMDC University of Health Sciences WHO

Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore (SZMC) (ur|{{Nastaliq|شیخ زید میڈیکل کمپلیکس لاہور) is one of the premier medical institutions and the first facility offering liver transplant (جگر ٹرانسپلانٹ) in Pakistan.^{[1] [2]} located at the geographic center of Lahore, Pakistan.

History

Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore Started as a donation from Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and people of United Arab Emirates was commissioned on 8 September as Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute and Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore in the year 1986.^[3]

Complex

The medical complex comprises five components:^[4]

• Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) & National Institute of Kidney Diseases (NIKD)
• Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College (SKZMDC)
• Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute (SZPGMI)
• National Health Research Complex (NHRC)
• Sheikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences (SFIN & HS)

Facilities Available

• Accident & Emergency 24/7
• Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Providing a complete range of General Surgical and Cancer Surgery Services for all Solid Organ Cancers)
• Gastroenterology with services of endoscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP procedures
• Liver Transplant
• Renal Transplantation and Renal Haemodialysis.
• Nutritional rehabilitation
• Neonatal and Pediatric intensive care unit
• Central Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with Central Oxygen and Suction System
• Coronary Care Unit (CCU) Facilities
• Cardiology
• Angiography, Angioplasty, Cardiac Bypass, Heart Valves Replacement and all sorts of Cardiac Operations and procedures
• Heart lung lab with services of echocardiography, EET and Holter monitoring
• Lungs function lab with services of bronchoscopy procedures
• Physiotherapy and Manual therapy on both indoor and outdoor basis
• Latest Physiotherapy Equipment, Rehabilitation Center and Orthopaedic Workshop
• Neuroangiography, Electromyography (EMG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and all kind of sophisticated Neurosurgical operations
• Operations of Plastic Surgery and cosmetology Lip Augmentation, Rhioplasty)
• Dental Surgery
• All kinds of Orthopedic Operations
• All kind of Eye and Otorhinolaryngology Operations
• Surgical Operations of all kind for neonates, children, young and old patients
• Anesthesia and Pain medicine
• Rheumatology Dept.^{[5] [6] [7]} The first dedicated indoor facility for patients suffering from auto-immune disease was inaugurated at Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore on Wednesday 14-Mar-2017.
• All kind of diagnostic investigations

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The doctor who made history. Dawn.com. 23 September 2011.
2. Web site: Best News Provider in Pakistan.
3. Web site: A testimony to healthy relations. Gulf News.
4. Web site: Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical & Dental College Lahore - Pakistan.
5. Web site: Rheumatology clinic opens at SZH. 16 March 2017.
6. Web site: Sheikh Zayed Hospital inaugurates Rheumatology Department . www.newstv.pk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316205457/http://www.newstv.pk/video/154972/sheikh-zayed-hospital-inaugurates-rheumatology-department . 2017-03-16.
7. Web site: Lahore News HD.
8. Malik AA, Afzal MF, Majid HJ, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines For The Management Of Colorectal Cancer, A Consensus Statement By The Society Of Surgeons® And Surgical Oncology Society Of Pakistan®. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021;71(Suppl 6)(10):S1-S7.