Department of Pediatrics Unit – I

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 Baluchistan.

Head Of The Department :

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

  • MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (Gold Medalist)
  • Head of Department,
  • Supervisor: MCPS, FCPS , 
  • Teaching experience: > 13 years
  
DR. RAGHIB IQBAL

  • MBBS, MCPS, FCPS
  • Assistant  Professor
  • Teaching experience: > 07 years
  
DR. ZAHID MEHMOOD

  • MBBS, MCPS, FCPS
  • Assistant  Professor
  • Teaching experience: > 03 years
  
ZAHID MEHMOOD BALOCH

  • MBBS, FCPS
  • Senior Registrar
DR. RIAZ AHMAD

  • MBBS, FCPS
  • Senior Registrar
DR. AMIR AFZAL

  • MBBS, FCPS
  • Senior Registrar
 

NON-TEACHING CONSULTANTS:
 DR. QASIM MEHMOOD

  • MBBS, MCPS
  • Consultant Pediatrician
  

 

Facilities:

a. For patients:

Pediatric department has 125 sanctioned beds (Pediatric ward 90+ pediatric/Neonatal ICU 35), however, to accommodate heavy load of patients, there are operating 170 beds. Approximately 230-250 patients remain admitted in the ward with daily turnover of around 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. Center for Thalassemia Care (CTC)
  7. Pediatric OPD for general and referred patients.
  8. Pediatric Pharmacy
  9. Physiotherapy
  10. Speech therapy clinic

 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: 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
  14. 14. Dr. Riaz Ahmad (FCPS) – 2019
  15. 15. Dr. Riaz ul Haq (FCPS) – 2019

 

FINAL YEAR MBBS RESULTS :

 

 

 

Sr. No. Year Distinctions Pediatric Result %age
 1 2007-08 24 100%
 2 2008-09 18 100%
 3 2009-10 13 95%
 4 2010-11 15 94%
 5 2011-12 19 94%
 6 2012-13 18 96%
7 2013-14 12 95%
8 2014-15 14 94%
9 2015-116 13 97%
10 2016-17 11 96%
11 2017-18 06 99%
12 2018-19 01 98%

PATIENT’S STATICS:

Sr. No. Description 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 Out-Door Patients 86805 113757 99111 96799 244741
2 In-Door Patients 17252 18819 29036 30599 40003
3 Patients Turn Out / Day 50-60 pt 50-60 pt 70-80 pt 80-85 pt 90-100 pt
4 Hospital Stay in Days 3-10 days 3-10 days 3-8 days 3-8 days 3-7 days
5 Bed Occupancy 145% 140% 155% 155% 170%

FUTURE PLAN:

  1. Is to establish a state of art Children complex and institute of child health.
  2. Is to establish Pediatric Sub-Specialties departments.
  3. Is to establish Pediatric Emergency adjacent to Pediatric ward.
  4. Is to Establish State of Art Center for Training of Basic & Advanced Neonatal Life Support
  5. Is to establish state of art center for training of Basic & Advanced Child Life Support