Ittefaq Hospital
was established at Lahore by the family members of Ittefaq Group of
Industries. The moving spirit behind this noble idea was that of its
Founder, Mian Muhammad Sharif (Late). The desire of the Chairman of
Ittefaq Group was to provide Quality Service to the community at large, for
both the rich and the poor and to help and assist the needy persons by
providing every assistance in their health care, under one roof.
Trust Hospital:
Ittefaq Hospital is a "Trust Hospital" and works on "No Profit No Loss"
basis & is approved as such "by C.B.R"
Reasonable hospital
charges
received from the patients are ploughed back for the benefit of the poor
patients. There is a sizeable benevolent fund and a fair number of charity
beds in the hospital. Charity & Benevolence amounted to more than 1-1/2
Crore Rupees and every year.
The hospital operates
under the auspices of the Board of Trustees. Mian Muhammad Javed Shafi is the Director and Chairman
of Hospital Management Committee.
The hospital was
formally inaugurated by the President of Pakistan,
(late) General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq on 3rd July 1986. It has four hundred
and thirty five (435) beds, multidiscipline hospital which includes
109 private rooms and provides comprehensive facilities for most
of the specialties. All disciplines specialist O.P.D clinics function on
daily basis. The in-house, full time, hospital staff consists of 34 highly
qualified consultants and specialists who have work experience in the United
States of America and the United Kingdom to their credit. In addition to
that, there are 35 Registrars and 135 permanent in-house resident medical
officers. Hospital and its services operate 24 hours round the clock.
The hospital stands in
healthy surroundings
in front of a large park near H. Block, Model Town (off Main
Ferozepur Road) within a drive of about twenty (20) minutes from the Lahore
airport or 5-7 minutes drive from main Gulberg / Model Town area. It
consists of four storey buildings comprising of existing four blocks
namely Ramazan block, Bukhsh block, Mehran block and Outdoor block with the
recent addition of new out doors & diagnostics block. All the wards and
private rooms are air-conditioned and most are furnished with TV, fridge and
telephone facilities. Moreover all rooms and wards have facilities of
central oxygen and suction. There are two special rooms with motorized beds
and some additional facilities. A nurse buzzer system is available in all
private rooms for prompt response to patient's call.
Quality food is
available in the hospital cafeteria
at reasonable prices, both for the patients and the visitors. 'Special
patients diet' is provided on request.
A "brief" about the hospital's feed back Performa is issued to
the patients for their observation, experience and comments.
The hospital has its own Nursing School (recognized by Pakistan
Nursing Council). Every year about 40 students are enrolled for 3-4
years nursing course.
The hospital has its own School of Paramedics which provides
training to 82 students every year in the discipline of Laboratory ,
Radiology, Operation Theatre and Ophthalmology.
There are about 800 nurses and paramedical employees. Total hospital employees
working for hospital services are more than 1600. This
hospital is serving the community by providing job facilities.
Ittefaq Hospital is
recognized by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council(PMDC) and by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP)
for resident/house officers training and higher post graduate
studies/diplomas
The hospital is
provided with a sufficient number of beds to accommodate a reasonable number
of patients.
