Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore (SZMC) ( ur, ) is one of the premier medical institutions and the first facility offering
liver transplant
Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, al ...
(جگر ٹرانسپلانٹ) in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. located at the geographic center of
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...
, Pakistan.
History
Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore Started as a donation from Shaikh
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, زَايِد بِن سُلْطَان آل نَهْيَان, Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as ...
and people of
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at ...
was commissioned on 8 September as Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute and Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore in the year 1986.
Complex
The complex now has five components
*Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute (SZPGMI)
*
Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore (SZHL)
*Shaikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 7 September 1948 – 13 May 2022) was the second president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, serving f ...
Medical & Dental College (SKZMDC).
*National Health Research Complex (NHRC)
*National Institute of Kidney Diseases (NIKD)
*Shaikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences (SFINHS)
Facilities Available
* Accident & Emergency 24/7
* Gastroenterology with services of endoscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP procedures
* Liver Transplant
* Renal Transplantation and Renal
Haemodialysis
Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products such as creatinine ...
.
* Nutritional rehabilitation
* Neonatal and Pediatric intensive care unit
* Central
Intensive Care Unit
220px, Intensive care unit
An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensi ...
(ICU) with Central Oxygen and Suction System
*
Coronary Care Unit
A coronary care unit (CCU) or cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina, cardiac dysrhythmia and (in practice) various other cardiac conditions that require co ...
(CCU) Facilities
* Cardiology
*
Angiography
Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins, and the heart chambers. Modern angiography is perfo ...
,
Angioplasty
Angioplasty, is also known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins, typically to treat arterial atherosclero ...
, 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
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...
Workshop
* Neuroangiography,
Electromyography
Electromyography (EMG) is a technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. EMG is performed using an instrument called an electromyograph to produce a record called an electromyogram. An electromyo ...
(EMG),
Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocor ...
(EEG) and all kind of sophisticated Neurosurgical operations
* Operations of
Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes cranio ...
and cosmetology Lip Augmentation, Rhioplasty)
* Dental Surgery
* All kinds of
Orthopedic
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeleta ...
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.
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
References
{{coord missing, Lahore
1986 establishments in Pakistan
Hospitals in Lahore
Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations