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Pediatric
Surgery started at Punjab Medical College with the creation of a
post of Assistant Professor. To start with this Department was
attached to a unit of General Surgery. It was allocated a
separate ward in July, 1999. a post of Associate Professor was
created by the efforts of Prof. A. G. Rehan and the Board of
Management in November, 1999.
At present
Department of Paediatric Surgery is situated in Nishtar Ward of
Allied Hospital. It has 32 beds. The Department is headed by Dr.
Sajid Hameed, Associate Professor.
The work
load of the Department is increasing gradually. During the last
12 months a total of 4476 patients were seen in the GPD. 1209
were admitted to the ward and 1204 operative procedures were
performed. The department is on call 24 hours a day and receives
calls from various departments. FCPS-II trainees from the units
of General Surgery & Pediatrics rotate through the department
on a regular basis as part of their training. The department was
also granted recognition by the College of Physicians and
Surgeons for training in FCPS Pediatric Surgery.
Presently
we have applied for creation of a post of Professor of
Paediatric Surgery in view of the increase in the work load of
the Department.
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Punjab
Medical College Faisalabad
