Medical Unit-I (Umar Ward) is situated on second floor, first phase of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. It is headed by Professor Dr. Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry, FCPS (Med) & FCPS (Cardiology). There are two Assistant Professors, Dr. Khalid Amin FCPS (Med) and Dr. Aamir Hussain, MRCP (UK), two Senior Registrars, Dr. Masood Javed, FCPS (Med) and Dr. Abid Hussain Zafar, FCPS (Med). Nephrology Unit is also attached with Medical Unit-I, Dr. Noman Khurshied is the Nephrologist of the Unit.

There are 20 Postgraduate Trainees in Umar Ward. Medical Unit-I has emergency twice a week (Monday & Thursday) there are 48 beds and a newly established Coronary Care Unit comprising of 12 beds. It provides services to the acute coronary patients. It is fully monitored and equipped with latest instruments. Medical Unit-I also runs a diabetic & hypertensive clinic twice a week on Monday & Thursday in which free blood glucose testing is provided to the patients. Other sophisticated tests are also performed from time to time.

    Endoscopy unit Allied Hospital conducts approximate 1500 endoscopies a year. The previous Head of this unit was Prof. Dr. Irshad-ul-Haq. There are 13 research papers on his credit.

Hamza Ward (MU-IO is a 62 bedded teaching unit of Allied Hospital affiliated with Punjab Medical College. The head of unit is Prof. Dr. Zahid Yaseen Hashmi, who is the president of Society of Gastroentrology Pakistan, Faisalabad Chapter. ,Prof. Zahid Hashmi is also the Chairman of Liver Foundation Trust - Liver Centre at DHO Hospital, Faisalabad; which is affiliated with medical unit-II. He has 20 research papers published in local & international journals & 2 books for under graduates to his credit. The unit strength in addition to the incharge includes an Assistant Professor and two Senior Registrars. Assistant Professor is Dr. Aamir Shaukat who is FCPS (Medicine) and MRCP (UK). He has 12 research papers on his credit. The Senior Regisrars of the unit are Dr. Hanif Nagra (FCPS) and Dr. Maqsood Ahmad (FCPS), whose publications are 9 & 7 respectively. Unit's special field of interest includes Gastroentrology, Hepatology and Diabetes Mellitus.

Facilities provided includes twice weekly GI Endoscopies & relevant procedures, for which all the post graduates are being trained. Medical Unit-II is also associated with the running of the only second poison center in Punjab, which is affiliated with WHO & Ministry of Health Govt. of Pakistan. The unit is very busy with handling all typical & atypical poisoning cases 7 days a week.

For continued medical education this year M-II in collaboration with FSGE held the honour of managing 7th Annual International Conference of Gasteroentrology & Hepatology which was the first International event of its kind in Faisalabad. Coming year the unit is also organizing the first ever Annual Diabetic Conference.

Teaching activities of unit include conducting weekly CPC of hospital/institution supervised by Prof. Zahid Yaseen Hashmi himself; for training of post-graduate students & monthly meeting of all known physicians of Faisalabad for discussion of their atypical & interesting cases with colleagues. In addition to this, lectures of under graduates in classes & in ward are conducted routinely.

          The unit boosts the development of class room for the training of postgraduates & under graduates students, which is equipped with A-V Library, Multimedia, Books & Journals.

This unit is proud of being an active stage for community awareness services regarding Hepatitis & Diabetes, which includes training/refresher courses for the GPs and practicing doctors & general public awareness lectures/demonstrations.

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Prof.  Dr.  Abdul Hafeez
Head of Department
Incharge Medical Unit I

Prof.  Dr.  Zahid Yasin Hashmi
Incharge Medical Unit II