Abbasi Shaheed Hospital () is a
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital or university hospital is a hospital or medical center that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities a ...
located in
Paposh Nagar neighborhood of
Nazimabad,
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
,
Sindh
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,
Pakistan
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.
History
The hospital was constructed in the early 1970s
and serves the residents of northern part of the city (
Nazimabad,
North Nazimabad,
North Karachi, F. B. Area,
Orangi Town
Orangi Town () is a residential town of Orangi District located in the northwestern part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was named after the sprawling municipality of Orangi. Town system was formed in August 2001 by dissolving Karachi Distri ...
etc.) with an estimated population of nearly 1 million. It is the Karachi's 3rd largest government hospital after
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and Civil Hospital.
This hospital was constructed by the city government during the tenure of Prime minister
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister and politician who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan from 19 ...
, in the name of Major
Ziauddin Abbasi who sacrificed his life in the 1965 war between
Pakistan
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and India.
See also
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List of hospitals in Karachi
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List of hospitals in Pakistan
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References
External links
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Hospital buildings completed in 1974
Teaching hospitals in Pakistan
Hospitals in Karachi
Hospitals established in 1974