Department of Surgery Unit-I

DR. HASSAN MAHMOOD TABASSUM

PROFESSOR & HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Establishment:

Department of Surgery Unit-II is established ,at the time of notification of establishment of Sheikh Zayed Medical college /Hospital Rahim Yar Khan by Government of Punjab on 10-03-2003.

Head Of The Department:

PROFESSOR DR. TARIQ MEHMOOD REHAN

Facilities:

    • Students and patients are pivotal in clinical teaching. We aim to care the both. Variety of patients from various disciplines related to surgical approach admitted through out patients department of this institution. We are dealing all kind of surgical emergencies as well as elective surgical procedures being the parent surgical ward with the other surgical allied units. 
    • CPC: We have twelve Post Graduate Residents for FCPS-II. Every Thursday, we hold clinical meeting on important subjects in the wards.
    • Journal club: We also hold Journal club meetings on monthly basis. Participation of all PGRs of General Surgery is mandatory. The PGRs presented different cases from different cases from different well reputed journals like; BJS, Clinics of North America, JCPSP etc.
  • Surgical Skills Lab: We arranged a well equipped surgical skills lab on surgical floor. We train our PGRs in surgical skills lab on monthly Basis for every PGR is mandatory. We arranged a monthly academic session on the platform of Society of Surgeons of Pakistan, Rahim Yar Khan Chapter. The fellows from Surgery & Allied attend this session. The fellows from Surgery & Allied present different special cases on this forum. 

Achievements:

We provide training to undergraduate and post graduate candidates about the proper indication and contra indication of operations preoperative preparation and operation when needed. We teach the students that operation is not the end of the game. Post operative care is important too and how to provide it properly. The traditional surgical means are the routine.

We are up-dating these operation with new surgical advances in the surgical universe as we have augmented our skill with Endoscopic surgery. Our Surgical unit is affiliated with CPSP Pakistan for post graduate training. Affiliation is continuously updated. Since its affiliation several doctors have completed their fellowships & serving the ailing humanity in the country & abroad.

General Surgical department is recognized by the College of Physician and Surgeons of Pakistan for post graduate training since 1991. A number of trainees have passed the F.C.P.S examination and at present we have got twelve trainees for FCPS part- II training in General Surgery. Our faculty members consist of highly qualified and most experienced reaching staff.

Research Projects: Regular research projects are part of the reaching .All twelve post graduate residents are already working on different projects.
Surgical Workshops: To conduct surgical workshops regularly with the help of CPSP. Community oriented teaching and training of undergraduate students