The Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, aims at providing high standards of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management at the three attached hospitals, Allied Hospital, DHQ Hospital, and General Hospital Ghulam Muhammad Abad.

Presently, the department has three faculty members including a Professor and two Assistant Professors. The Anaesthesia department at the Allied Hospital is staffed by 02 Senior Registrars, 03 Specialists, and 17 medical officers. The department at the DHQ Hospital has 03 specialists, and 14 medical officers. The Department at General Hospital GM Abad is currently served by 01 Specialist, and 7 Medical Officers.

The Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department was established in 1987 with Professor Dr Manzoor Ahmed Choudhry as the first head. The incumbent Head, Dr Rubina Firdous, Professor of Anesthesia, took over as Head on 03 March 2009. Under her, the department has expanded and extended its activities in the following fields.

(a) Anaesthesia Management:
The Department of Anaesthesiology provides round-the-clock elective and emergency anaesthesia cover to all the major and minor specialties at the three attached hospitals.
(b) Intensive Care:
After the construction of an additional 9-bedded Intensive Care Unit at the Allied Hospital, the capacity of the Intensive Care Unit has expanded to 17 beds. The ICU is well-equipped and is the only one of its type in the public sector in Faisalabad. Patients from other districts also use this facility.
(c) Study Programs:
A Post-Graduate Training Program for MCPS and FCPS is in operation and it has produced more than 20 qualified Fellows and about 10 MCPS during the past years. Presently, about 20 doctors are undergoing training for FCPS and 05 for MCPS. The Department also organizes lectures for Final Year MBBS students of FMU (PMC).
(d) Research Work:
The department is actively involved in clinical research. The department encourages its faculty to enhance their skill and knowledge and supports them in attending different medical symposia, seminars and workshops as part of their continuing medical education. Work on various research projects is being undertaken now. More than 20 research papers from the department have been published in prestigious medical journals.
(e) Pain Clinic:
In 2018, the Department established a well-equipped Pain-Clinic at the OPD of the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. It provides services to patients on all the working days and visited by a large number of patients daily.

OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
We are striving to create an environment that is conducive to learning and research. We are committed to improving the patient care and management. We are working for establishing a new ICU at the DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad.

Postal Address: Department of Anaesthesia, Allied Hospital Faisalabad.
Phone: 041-9210080
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