Aga
Khan University Hospital, Karachi
For
both the Medical College* and the
School
of Nursing,) the principal site for clinical training
is Aga Khan
University Hospital (AKUH), which provides high-quality
patient care in a broad range of secondary and tertiary
care services. This academic medical centre's professional
staff and facilities are among the best in the region. Modern
patient care is made possible through collaboration between
various health professionals and provision of state-of-the-art
equipment to support diagnosis and treatment. Care is available
to all patients in need. Those who are unable to pay for
treatment, receive generous assistance through a variety
of subsidies and the Hospital's
patient welfare programme.
Utilisation
of Services in 2002
In
2006, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi
admitted over 40,000 inpatients and cared for over
500,000 outpatients. Over 5.5 million diagnostic tests
were performed at medical services units throughout
the country.
Subsidies
and Patient Welfare Programme:
AKUH provides high quality medical care to patients
from all socio-economic groups - 74 percent of the
Hospital’s patients are drawn from low to middle income
groups. The subsidy provided by the Hospital enabled
accessibility to a larger population.
Over
Rs. 425 million (US$ 7 million) was disbursed in 2005-2006.
Since
the inception of the Patient
Welfare Programme, Rs 1.8 billion (over
US$ 30 million) has been given to needy patients.
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Ambulatory
Care Centres
In
order to enhance access to the general and special clinical
services of the University Hospital in Karachi, AKUH is
in the process of establishing offsite medical services/ambulatory
care centres in Clifton, Shahra-e-Faisal and M. A Jinnah
Road. These units will be components of a system of health
care for which the University Hospital will be the centre
of reference. The Hospital's objective is to provide high-quality
care that is convenient and easily accessible to larger
populations that reside in areas distant from the main campus
on Stadium Road.
AKUH's
Clinical Laboratory has become a national referral service
for hospitals, clinicians and other laboratories. It is
also a reference centre for AKDN's health units in Pakistan
and East Africa. The Hospital's community outreach programme
is served through Laboratory
Collection Units in 18 cities of Pakistan. Accordingly,
access to laboratory services has been facilitated by collection
points for tests in various parts of Karachi and other cities
listed in the table.
Facilities for Nuclear Medicine have started in the Department
of Radiology. These ensure a full range of diagnostic
services in AKUH that equate the status of this service
to hospitals in the west. This state-of-the-art facility
complement the broad range of imaging modalities currently
available in the department for the support of diagnosis
and intervention for complex clinical status.
The Sports
and Rehabilitation Centre considerably enhances the
Hospital's capacity for rehabilitation, enabling recovery
of functions following Orthopaedic,
Cardiac
and Neurological
injury and illness.
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