Liaquat University Hospital

Liaquat University Hospital
Liaquat University Hospital
Geography
Location	Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates	25°24′01″N 68°22′02″E / 25.4002°N 68.3672°E
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Academic
Affiliated university	Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences
Services
Standards	Tertiary
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1450
History
Former name(s)	Civil Hospital, Hyderabad, Liaquat Medical College Hospital (LMCH)
Construction started	1881
Links
Website	lumhs.edu.pk

The Liaquat University Hospital (LUH), commonly known as Civil Hospital, Hyderabad, is a 1450-bed tertiary care hospital in Sindh. It is one of the largest teaching hospitals affiliated with Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, the first medical university of public sector in Pakistan. The hospital serves Sindh and the neighboring province of Balochistan.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Historical background[]

The Liaquat University Hospital started functioning as Civil Hospital, Hyderabad, affiliated with the Bombay Faculty of Medicine, in 1881. The construction was completed by 1894. A medical school had also subsequently started in the premises of the hospital. The medical school was upgraded to the status of a degree college, Sindh Medical College, in 1945. The medical college was later shifted to Karachi and renamed as Dow Medical College in order to avoid deregulation by University of Bombay. In place of it, Liaquat Medical College (later known as Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences) was started in 1951 and later relocated to its new campus in Jamshoro. The hospital got affiliated with it as soon as the college was re-started in its premises. In 1963, another branch of the hospital in Jamshoro, Liaquat Medical College Hospital, designed by an Italian architect, was completed with 430 beds and started functioning as a teaching hospital.

Renaming[]

After the college was upgraded to the first public sector medical university, the hospital was renamed as Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad/Jamshoro.

Services[]

Initially established in 1881 to provide basic health facilities, the hospital has 1450 beds across various departments.

The clinical departments include:

Department of Internal Medicine
Paediatrics
Cardiology
Pulmonology
Dermatology
Family Medicine
Gastroenterology
Nuclear Medicine
Nephrology
Psychiatry
General Surgery
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
Accident & Emergency
Plastic Surgery
Paediartric Surgery
NeuroSurgery
Obs & Gynae
Cardiothoracic surgery
Vascular Surgery
Urology and Radiology

References[]

^ "Ample supply of oxygen at LUH: official". The Express Tribune. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2020-05-08). "Stories from the frontlines: Hyderabad's healthcare workers leave behind fear and comfort to fight Covid-19". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2021-05-04). "LUH under immense pressure since emergence of Covid-19 UK variant". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (2013-03-20). "Open-heart surgery resumes at LUH after five years". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[1] "Ample supply of oxygen at LUH: official". The Express Tribune. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[2] Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2020-05-08). "Stories from the frontlines: Hyderabad's healthcare workers leave behind fear and comfort to fight Covid-19". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[3] Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2021-05-04). "LUH under immense pressure since emergence of Covid-19 UK variant". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[4] Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (2013-03-20). "Open-heart surgery resumes at LUH after five years". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

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