Bahawal Victoria Hospital

For other hospitals with the same name (see list), see Victoria Hospital.

Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) (Urdu: بہاول وکٹوریہ سپتال) is a hospital located in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. It is named after Nawab of Bahawalpur's British wife, Victoria.^[1]

Bahawal Victoria Hospital بہاول وکٹوریہ سپتال
Geography
Location	Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates	29°23′22″N 71°40′51″E
Organisation
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Quaid-e-Azam Medical College
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Pakistan

MS Office Bahawal Victoria Hospital

History

It started as a Civil Hospital with an outdoor department, a dispensary, and an operating theatre in 1876. In 1906, this health unit was named Bahawal Victoria Hospital.^[2] Now, it is a hub of clinical expertise both in specialties as well as in sub-specialties with a multitude of patients visiting the hospital. In 1952, a benevolent extension of Nursing School was brought about with an anticipation to render rash and prompt basic health amenities. Classes leading to L.S.M.F were also started in 1956.^[3][4][5][6] Its nexus with Quaid e Azam Medical College (QAMC) in 1970 has transformed it into one of the largest tertiary care facilities in the province of Punjab.

It is now a 2200-bed, fully equipped, tertiary-care hospital with all medical and surgical specialities, serving large number of patients in south Punjab.^[7][8] It facilitates undergraduate medical students of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, nursing students of allied nursing school, paramedics and many post-graduate trainees.^[9]

Units and departments

• Department of Medicine (consists of four wards/units)
• Department of Surgery (consists of four wards/units)
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (consists of two wards/units)
• Department of Paediatrics (consists of two wards/units)
• Department of Allied Medicine
  • Cardiology/CCU unit
  • Nephrology/Dialysis unit
  • Pulmonology/Chest Diseases unit
  • Dermatology unit
  • Psychiatry/Behavioural Sciences unit
• Department of Allied Surgery (consists of two units of each of
  • Otolaryngology (two units)
  • Ophthalmology (two units)
  • Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Urology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Accidents and Emergency Department
  • Paediatric Surgery
• Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
• Department of Pathology/Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Histopathology section
  • Haematology section
  • Microbiology section
  • Chemical Pathology section
  • Molecular Biology/PCR section
  • Endocrinology section
• Department of Physiotherapy
• Department of Public Health/Community Medicine