IIMCT claims upgradation of facilities at Railway Hospital

Rawalpindi:The International Islamic Medical College Trust (IIMCT), clearing its position with regard to the allegations levelled by the Pakistan Railways and subsequent inquiry into the allegations, has claimed that it has upgraded the Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi.

Sharing details of its report in response to the allegations, IIMCT Manager Mohammad Naseer told ‘The News’

that the Railway Hospital

had the capacity of 100 beds for inpatient treatment

along with OPD, but facilities were either not in use or locked.

There were only two specialists, one dentist, 13 medical officers, 15 staff nurses, one laboratory technician and 2 X-ray technicians.

Because of unavailability of specialised treatment, patients were mostly referred to

other hospitals for treatment, which was a huge burden on the Pakistan Railways

budget.

The hospital was affiliated with the International Islamic Medical College Trust on August 17, 1998 as a teaching hospital.

The hospital, which used to work as a primary healthcare facility, has now acquired the status of a tertiary care hospital. After its affiliation with the IIMCT, it has now the capacity of 400 beds and got the status of a teaching hospital recognised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP), not only for undergraduate but also for postgraduate training, he claimed.

“We have also been at the forefront to share the burden of the hospital during natural disasters and calamities

like the 2005 earthquake,

IDP crisis of 2009 and the devastating floods of 2010,” he added.

He said that now the hospital has seasoned professors and experienced clinicians, including 16 professors, eight associate professors, 28 assistant professors, 11 senior registrars, 13 registrars, 46 postgraduate medical officers,

two dentists, two clinical

pharmacists and 40 house officers.

The hospital has now a

surgical ward, eight-bed ICU equipped with ventilators,

cardiac monitors, portable X-ray and pulse oxymeter,

burn unit, medical ward, ENT ward, pathology laboratory, emergency ward, new OPD enclave with sitting capacity of 100 patients at a time and 10 different types of specialist clinics.

Provision of facility of diagnostic and therapeutic laproscope endoscopy department under supervision of gastroenterologist with following video assisted facilities gastroscopes, colonoscope & bronchoscope neonatal ICU equipped with incubators, phototherapy units, baby resuscitation trolley and ventilator, Paediatric ward with PICU, calposcopy department Audiometer and tympanomenter (available in few hospitals in Rawalpindi).

Up-gradation of eye department with B-Scan, Biometery, Phako machine and introduction of day care surgery are included among achievements of the International Islamic Medical College Trust.

New obstetric ward equipped with ultrasound, labour room, CTG machines, addition of three new operation theatres with additional anaesthesia machines, surgical instruments and defibrillators 18 beds emergency department equipped with all facilities of physiotherapy depart-

ment with all up to date equipments.

Addition of C-arm for orthopaedic department, introduction of skin department equipped with skin laser and liquid nitrogen cautry upgr

adation of dental department new psychiatry department urology department female surgeons.The news.