The Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi is a tertiary care

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.Burn Units at Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi
Daily Times (newspaper), Published 26 April 2012, Retrieved 5 September 2017 It is the largest hospital owned by

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. It provides specialized treatment to the armed forces personnel and their immediate families.

Hospital facilities

It is an A Class Combined Military Hospital. It is the chief medical hospital of the cantonment area of Rawalpindi, along with being a

Military Hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned or operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a m ...

for the Armed Forces of Pakistan. This 1000 bed hospital mainly looks after the surgical diseases and caters for all ranks of the Armed Forces. This hospital has these healthcare units in it: * General Surgery * Spine Surgery * Neurosurgery * Ear, Nose and Throat * Eye * Thoracic Surgery * Vascular Surgery * Laproscopic Surgery * Facio-maxillary Surgery * Urology * Breast Surgery * Burn Centre * Trauma Centre * Orthopedic * Radiation Oncology * Medical Oncology There is also a battle casualty/artificial limb section attached to the hospital. This hospital has the only dedicated department of spine surgery in the country. The

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of UK recognizes the hospital for postgraduate training in different surgical fields. The medical students of Army Medical College are imparted clinical training by the concerned specialists and the professors. In 2005, a study was conducted which aimed to identify the health hazards posed by the hospital wastes to the sanitary workers of this hospital. The study was to make recommendations for the improvement of the workers' health status. In 2013, then Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of Outdoor Patient Department (OPD), Emergency Department and Diagnostic Department. This was to increase the combined hospital capacity of CMH and MH to 2500 beds. It was also stated, at the time, the hospital would be able to treat 6000 patients daily.New buildings inaugurated at Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 28 November 2013, Retrieved 5 September 2017

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