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The cardiology Department of Allied Hospital Punjab Medical College comprises of coronary care Unit and cardiology ward. To star with there no plans to established a CCU and Cardiology ward in this hospital. Incidentally a 10-bedded CCU was established. This CCU was being run on rotational basis by physicians. Dr. Iftikhar Rasool took over as first cardiologist. After his departure to UK, the CCU again came under the supervision of physician. Dr. Arshraf Ch. joined for a brief period. Dr.Khaliad Amin (Physician) made a great effort for interior renovation full-fledged Cardiology Department has been established in very short span of time. Later Dr. Bilal Zekria joined as professor and Head of the Department in March 2001, which gave great boost to clinical cardiology in Faisalabad.

The cardiology Department of Allied Hospital Punjab Medical College is a tertiary care center, which caters large population of Faisalabad and its periphery. Because of its also providing care to the population of adjoining of Sargodha and Multan. A brief introduction of department is as under.

 CORNORY CARE UNIT

There are 12 beds in CCU whit all the monitoring facilities. Two to three temporary pacemakers are implanted daily & 1-2 permanent pace makers are placed monthly on average.

Thrombolytic therapy has now been very well established.

 EMERGENCY ROOM

4-beded, emergency room with monitoring and resuscitation facilities has established in CCU.

 CARDIOLOGY WARD

14 beds have been made available recently for the stable patients.
 PERMANENT PACE MAKER

Faisalabad is the second city of Punjab after Lahore where PPM are being implanted. First PPM was implanted in sep.1999, since then 24 patients of complete heart block are treated successfully by PPM implantation.

Very recently first internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) of Punjab is implanted by the joint venture of cardiology Depts. of Allied Hospital Faisalabad and mayo hospital Lahore.

 DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES

1) Echocardiography

2) ETT

3) Thallium studies and ETT at PIUM under supervision of cardiology Department.

4) A bedside mobile X-ray unit.

5) A fully operation Fluoroscopy Unit.

 FUTURE PLAN

This unit providing almost all the facilities short of angiographies and Cardiac Surgery for which patients are referred to PIC LAHORE or AFIC RAWILPINDI. Efforts are being made to establish a second CCU with CATH LAB and Cardiac surgery Theaters. Building plans for these have been prepared by chief architect and submitted for approval.

Dr. Bilal Zekria along their team are best trying to develop this unit at par with the best unit in the country. May Allah bless us in all our future endeavors to cater the need for this thickly populated area or the country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 

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