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Kharadar General Hospital
Kharadar General Hospital, formerly known as Cement Hospital, () is a non-profit 250-bed teaching and tertiary-care hospital situated on Nawab Mahabat Khanji Road in the historic port-side quarter of Kharadar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It serves the densely populated, low-income neighbourhoods of Kharadar, Mithadar and Lyari. History Kharadar General Hospital was founded in 1918 by local philanthropists as a domiciliary midwifery service, when Karachi was struggling with plague and smallpox. In 1934, the Hindu philanthropist Seth Aesar Das and his son Aasan Mill donated a large endowment for a permanent maternity home; Mrs R. E. Gibson laid the foundation stone the same year. Lady Graham inaugurated the 50-bed “Cement Maternity Home” in 1936, a nickname inspired by its exposed-cement façade, and the facility continued to operate after the Partition under mayor Jamshed N. Mehta. Through the second half of the twentieth century the hospital expanded its facilities: an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who need long-term care. Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children's hospitals, geriatric hospitals, and hospitals for specific medical needs, such as psychiatric hospitals for psychiatry, psychiatric treatment and other disease-specific categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce health care costs compared to general hospitals. Hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharadar
Kharadar () is a neighbourhood in District South of Karachi, Pakistan. Kharadar and the adjacent communities of Mithadar and Jodia Bazaar together form what is regarded as the original core of Karachi. Etymology ''Kharadar'' literally means ''Brackish Gate'' in both Sindhi and Urdu. Location Kharadar is located in central Karachi, near the Port of Karachi. Together with the adjacent community of Mithadar, it forms what is regarded as the original core of Karachi, when the city was known as "Kalachi Jo Goath." The combined area of the two is approximately 35 square kilometers. History The neighbourhood was named after one of two gates to the old city of Karachi built in 1729 – the other being Mitha Dar or "Sweet Gate," (referring to the potable, fresh water of the Lyari River) which is now the name of the neighborhood adjacent to the northern edge of Kharadar. Both gates were torn down in 1860 after the British conquered Sindh 13 years earlier. Economy Kharadar, along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
