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Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute (SZPGMI; شیخ زید پوسٹ گریجویٹ میڈیکل انسٹی ٹیوٹ) is a public medical institution and teaching hospital complex in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was commissioned on 8 September 1986 as a federal postgraduate medical institute, funded by a donation from Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the then-President of the United Arab Emirates, and the people of the UAE.[1] The complex is situated near the geographic centre of Lahore and encompasses five institutional components, including Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH), which in 2011 became the first public-sector hospital in Pakistan to perform a liver transplant.[2][3]

Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute
Logo of Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore
TypePublic (Government)
EstablishedSeptember 8, 1986 (1986-09-08)
AffiliationsPakistan Medical and Dental Council
University of Health Sciences
ChairmanProf. Dr. Ayesha Humayun
Location
Lahore
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan
Campus
  • 55 acres
Websiteszmc.org.pk

History

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The Shaikh Zayed Hospital Trust was established on 6 November 1973 by the Government of Pakistan, following an initial donation of Rs 300 million from Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, then-President of the United Arab Emirates. The Government of Pakistan allocated 55 acres of land in Lahore for the project.[1] The complex was commissioned on 8 September 1986 as the Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute and Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, initially with 360 beds.[1]

On 14 February 2012, the complex was devolved to the Punjab Government. On 22 April 2019 it was retrieved by the federal government and placed under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division.[citation needed]

The Liver Transplant Unit was inaugurated on 27 November 2010, making SZH the first public-sector facility in Pakistan for living-donor liver transplants. The surgical team had undergone specialist training at centres in Hong Kong, Japan, Turkey, South Korea, England, Europe, and China.[4] The first cadaveric liver transplant at SZH was performed on 11 August 2011 and lasted fifteen hours.[5] By 2017, the programme had completed one hundred living-donor liver transplants.[6]

In 2020, the Punjab Human Organ Transplant Authority (PHOTA) shut down the liver transplant facility at SZH pending a high-level inquiry into deaths of patients and donors during the post-operative phase.[7]

Components

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Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute comprises five components:[8]

Clinical services

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Shaikh Zayed Hospital offers services across more than twenty specialised departments. The hospital has a current bed capacity of 1,031, expanded from 360 beds at commissioning in 1986 and 713 beds in 2004.[10]

Clinical services include:

  • Accident and Emergency (24-hour)
  • General Surgery and Surgical Oncology
  • Gastroenterology (including endoscopy, colonoscopy, and ERCP)
  • Liver Transplantation[2]
  • Renal Transplantation and Haemodialysis
  • Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care
  • Central Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
  • Cardiology (including angiography, angioplasty, cardiac bypass, valve replacement)
  • Pulmonology (including bronchoscopy and lung function testing)
  • Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
  • Neurosurgery (including neuroangiography, electromyography, and electroencephalography)
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  • Dental Surgery
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology, inaugurated 14 March 2017 as the first dedicated indoor facility for autoimmune disease patients at SZH[11]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Ali, Mohsin (23 November 2011). "A testimony to healthy relations". gulfnews.com. Gulf News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The doctor who made history". dawn.com. Dawn. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Liver transplants: Pioneering surgeons may leave Sheikh Zayed Hospital". tribune.com.pk. The Express Tribune. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "HPB / Liver Transplant". szmc.org.pk. Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Liver transplants: Pioneering surgeons may leave Sheikh Zayed Hospital". tribune.com.pk. The Express Tribune. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Experience of 100 Living Donor Liver Transplants in Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore, Pakistan" (PDF). Proceedings of Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex. Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Probes into Shaikh Zayed liver transplant deaths underway". dawn.com. Dawn. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "About the Hospital". szmc.org.pk. Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College". skzmdc.edu.pk. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "About the Hospital". szmc.org.pk. Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Rheumatology clinic opens at SZH". nation.com.pk. The Nation. 16 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

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