Nishtar Hospital is a teaching hospital situated in the heart of Multan

Multan

Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. With 1,500 beds, it is one of the largest hospitals in Asia. The building was initially funded with the money raised by the local people. Dr Jammal Bhutta initiated the construction. Abdur Rab Nishtar

Abdur Rab Nishtar

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar was a Muslim League stalwart, Pakistan movement activist and later Pakistani politician.-Education:...

backed up his idea and first block of hospital was constructed in 1953.
Nishtar Hospital is teaching hospital and provide graduation (M.B.,B.S.) with Nishtar Medical College Multan and also offer post graduation (FCPS) with College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.

Departments / Wards

It has as many as 30 wards.

Four Wards for general Medicine

Four wards for general Surgery

Three wards of Gynae and Obs

Two Wards of Paeds Medicine

Two wards of Orthopedics

One Ward for Urology

One Ward for Plastic Surgery

One Ward for Paeds Surgery

One Ward for Cardiology

One Ward for Nephrology

One Ward for Dermatology

One Ward for Psychiatry

A department of Accident and Emergency

A department of Radiology