Department of Pediatrics

PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS:

Department of Pediatrics was established in 1984 as one of the sub-specialty of General Medicine. Sheikh Zayed Hospital was declared as baby friendly hospital in 2003 by Government of Pakistan & UNICEF. The Pediatric department is accredited for FCPS, MD & MCPS training by the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan. The department provides round the clock emergency cover to pediatric patients from ten million population of southern Punjab as well as adjoining areas of the province of the Sindh and Balochistan.

Head Of The Department :

• 1st:    
• Dr. Mubarak Ali Ch. MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, Associate Professor from 1^st June, 2006 to    31-01-2009.Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali Ch. MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, from 01-02-2009 to 25-11-2009)
• 2^nd:
• Prof. Dr. Rashid Mahmood, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS from 26-11-2009 to 09-12-2012.
• 3^rd:  
• Prof. Dr. Humayun Iqbal Khan, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, from 10-12-2012 to 13-06-2014.
• 4^th:
• Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali Ch. MBBS, MCPS, FCPS from 14-06-2014 to 11-10-2017.
• PRESENT HOD:
• PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, from 12-10-2017 to date.  

TEACHING FACULTY:

PROF. DR. MUBARAK ALI MBBS, MCPS, FCPS Principal, SZMC/SZH, R.Y.Khan Supervisor: MCPS, FCPS ,  `Teaching experience: More than 21 years
PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM MBBS, MCPS, FCPS Head of Department, Supervisor: MCPS, FCPS ,  Teaching experience: > 12 years
DR. MASUD IQBAL BABAR MBBS, DCH, MCPS, FCPS Associate  Professor Supervisor: MCPS, FCPS ,  Teaching experience: > 12 years
DR. JAMAL ANWER MBBS, FCPS Associate  Professor Supervisor: MCPS, FCPS ,  Teaching experience: > 09 years
DR. RAGHIB IQBAL MBBS, MCPS, FCPS Assistant  Professor Teaching experience: > 06 years
DR. ZAHID MEHMOOD MBBS, MCPS, FCPS Senior Registrar Teaching experience: > 02 years
ZAHID MEHMOOD BALOCH MBBS, FCPS Senior Registrar
LIAQUAT ALI MBBS, FCPS Senior Registrar
MUHAMMAD ADNAN ZAFAR MBBS, FCPS Senior Registrar
NON-TEACHING CONSULTANTS:
DR. M. TAHIR JAVED AKHTAR MBBS, MCPS, FCPS-II Consultant Pediatrician
DR. ASHIQ HUSSAIN MBBS, MCPS Consultant Pediatrician

Facilities:

a. For patients:

Pediatric department has 120 sanctioned beds, however, to accommodate heavy load of patients, there are operating 135 beds. Approximately 200-250 patients remain admitted in the ward with daily turnover of 80-100 patients. The department provides facilities in the following sections.

1. Neonatal ICU
2. Pediatric ICU
3. Neonatal Nursery
4. Pediatric Emergency
5. Other units: Gastro, Nephrology / Neurology, Cardiology / Pulmonology, Isolation,
6. Stabilization center for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
7. Center for Thalassemia Care (CTC)
8. Pediatric OPD for general and referred patients.
9. Pediatric Pharmacy
10. Physiotherapy
    

 b.  For Trainees:

1. Departmental library: A departmental library with adequate number of essential books and periodicals/journals are kept in it for the help and benefit of teaching staff.
2. Computer Lab with Internet & Wi-Fi facilities.
3. Seminar Room: A capacious seminar room with Multimedia and all other modern facilities.
4. Eight Neonatal Manikins for training of Neonatal Resuscitation.
5. Material & facilities for workshops on Thalassemia, SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition) Management, Bronchial Asthma etc.
6. Structured teaching & training of PGs strictly in accordance with the CPSP guidelines.
   

Achievements:

Teaching: Pediatric Department was declared as the “The Best Clinical Teaching Department” and Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali as “The Best Clinical Teacher” by the passed out final year MBBS session 2008-09 (1st session)..
The following trainees acquired their post-graduation while being in the department.

1. Dr. M. Tahir Javed Akhtar(MCPS) – 2004
2. Dr. Ashiq Hussain (MCPS) – 2008
3. Dr. Naila Khaliq(MCPS) – 2009
4. Dr. Sajid Iqbal (DCH) – 2009
5. Dr. Raghib Iqbal (FCPS) – 2011
6. Dr. Ghulam Qasim Sabir(MCPS) – 2014
7. Dr. Javaria Younus(FCPS) – 2014
8. Dr. Sardar Ali Ghouri (FCPS) – 2015
9. Dr. Zahid Mehmood (FCPS) – 2016
10. Dr. Zahid Mehmood Baloch (FCPS) – 2018
11. Dr. Sajida Khalid (FCPS) – 2018
12. Dr. Qasim Mehmood (MCPS) – 2018
13. Dr. Muhammad Adnan Zafar (FCPS) – 2018

FINAL YEAR MBBS RESULTS :

PATIENT’S STATICS:

FUTURE PLAN:

1. Is to establish a state of art Children complex and institute of child health.
2. To establish Pediatric emergency.
3. To start specialized Pediatric OPD clinic.