The Combined Military Hospital Lahore is the largest
tertiary care
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teaching hospital operated by the
Pakistan Army
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. Its primary function is to provide specialized medical treatment to
Armed forces
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personnel, their dependents (immediate families), as well as the general public. It is headed by a
Brigadier
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from the
Army Medical Corps
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of the
Pakistan Army
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.
Recognized hospital
Combined Military Hospital, Lahore is a recognized hospital by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan
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.Combined Military Hospital Lahore is recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan website, Retrieved 21 March 2023
History
The hospital was established in 1854 as a British Military Hospital (BMH) by the British military as a specialized treatment center for British officers serving in the subcontinent. In 1927, the British military raised another hospital nearby named the Indian Military Hospital (IMH). The BMH and IMH served as treatment facilities for British troops and Indian troops serving the British respectively. It was not until 1943 that the British decided to amalgamate both hospitals into one contiguous unit (primarily due to administrative issues), and named it the Combined Military Hospital.
In 1947, after
Pakistan's Independence
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, the Combined Military Hospital was handed over to the Pakistan Army. It was a 200-bed hospital at that time. The need for increasing medical facilities and the increasing population mandated several expansions of the hospital.
In 1982, its capacity was increased to 800 beds and was upgraded to a Class A hospital. It saw further expansion in 2004 with the addition of 200 more beds, increasing its capacity to 1000 beds. The construction of new CMH blocks for 1100 beds capacity is under process will be completed in 2024.The CMH Lahore was Commanded by Maj Gen Adil Khan, Brig Asghar Choudhry, Brig Sehar Zameer Siddiqui, Brig Rahat, Brig Naseer Hussain (2014), Maj Gen Qamar Ul Haq Noor Chaudhry (2015), Maj Gen Muhammad Aleem (2017), Brig Nasir Javed Malik (2019),Brig Amir Bin Tahir (2020), Gen Adil Husnain (2022)
Hospital facilities
Being a Class A hospital, it serves as the principal medical hospital for armed forces personnel in the
Lahore
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region. Although, the hospital's primary task is to cater military
officers
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,
soldier
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s, and their families; it provides equal healthcare facilities to civilians.
Some of the specialized healthcare units available in the hospital are:
* Trauma center
* Department of Medicine
* Department of Gastroenterology
* Department of Pulmonology
* Department of Mental illnesses
*
General Surgery
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Department
* Department of
Neurology
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* Department of
Ophthalmology
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* Department of
Ear, Nose, Throat
* Dedicated
Breast Cancer
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Clinic
*
Thoracic Surgery
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Department
*
Intensive Care Unit
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*
Orthopedic
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Department
* Plastic Surgery
* Rehabilitation Department
* Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Department
*
Maxillofacial Center
*
Army Cardiac Center
Training / teaching facilities
The hospital serves as a
teaching hospital
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to
CMH Lahore Medical And Dental College
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry is located on Abdur Rehman Road in the Cantonment neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan. It is a co-educational institution and is attached to Combined Military Hospital Lahore. It was establish ...
. Most of the
clinical faculty of the medical college are doctors of the
Army Medical Corps
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serving in the hospital.
*
Medicine
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*
Pediatrics
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*
Surgery
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*
Orthopedic Surgery
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*
Gynecology
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&
Obstetrics
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*
Ear, Nose, Throat
*
Psychiatry
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Initial psych ...
*
Anaesthesiology
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*
Dermatology
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Chemical Pathology
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Histopathology
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Radiology
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Vascular Surgery
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*
Pulmonology
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*
Neurology
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See also
*
Pakistan Army Medical Corps
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*
Pakistan Army
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