Jinnah Hospital جناح ہسپتال | |
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Geography | |
Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 31°29′05″N 74°17′51″E / 31.4846°N 74.2975°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public Sector hospital |
Funding | Ministry of National Health Services Punjab Department of Health |
Type | Teaching Hospital (Government) |
Affiliated university | Allama Iqbal Medical College University of Health Sciences Lahore College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan |
Services | |
Emergency department | Surgical Emergency, Medical Emergency and Paediatric Emergency |
Beds | 1650 |
Helipad | Available |
History | |
Opened | 1996 |
Jinnah Hospital (Punjabi, Urdu: جناح ہسپتال), is a teaching hospital in the Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is owned by the Government of Punjab.
It is spread over 105 acres (42 ha). According to the 'Ranking Web of World Hospitals', Jinnah Hospital, Lahore was the second best public sector hospital in Pakistan in 2016.[1]
It began operations in 1994, with very limited facilities, and was formally inaugurated on 2 February 1996, although with only basic specialties at first.[3] In 2005, it added a new 100 bed Accident & Emergency Department.
The number of patients increased from 500,000 in 2003 to 700,000 in 2007. This increase reflects the faith of general public in this hospital. Jinnah Hospital, Lahore is also on the 'Tertiary Hospitals List' issued by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan.[3][4]