Women's Christian Hospital, Multan, commonly known as Mission Hospital Multan, is an oldest women's hospital located in

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, Pakistan.

History

It was established in 1899 by the

Church Missionary Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British mission society working with the Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as mission ...

. In 1935, a maternity facility and labor rooms were created, as well as a nurse training school. The C.M.S. sold the 100-bed hospital to the Women's Union Missionary Society (WUMS) on October 1, 1956. WUMS was then registered with the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...

and is still operating under the name WUMS. In 1978, the hospital's concentration shifted to obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics alone.

References

External links

Official website
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