Department of Pediatrics

PROF. DR. MUBARAK ALI

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS:

Department of Pediatrics was established in 1984 as one of the sub-specialty of General Medicine, initially beds were allocated in general medicine ward and later separate ward was established. 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 & UHS Lahore since 2007. Since then, dozens of Post-graduates has qualified MCPS & FCPS. The department provides round the clock emergency cover to pediatric patients of about ten million population of southern Punjab as well as adjoining areas of the province of the Sindh and Baluchistan.

HEADs OF DEPARTMENT:

  • 1st:    
  • Dr. Syed Shahzad Ali Bukhari, MBBS, DCH
  • 2nd:
  • Dr. Masud Iqbal Babar, MBBS, DCH, MCPS, FCPS
  • 3rd:  
  • Dr. Makhdoom Basharat Hussain, MBBS, DCH

HEADs OF TEACHING 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 15-10-2017.
  • 5th:
  • PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS(Gold Medalist) from 12-10-2017 to 18-03-2021.  
  • 6th:
  • Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS from 19-03-2021 to date.

PRESENT HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:

Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali, joined as 1st teaching Head of Pediatric Department, SZMC/SZH on 01-06-2006. Prof. Dr. Mubarak Ali also remained Principal, SZMC/SZH from 16-02-2017 to 20-05-2019 and then he was transferred to the Children Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan as Head of Department of all Pediatric Medicine sub-specialties, where he served for 1.5 years & rejoined SZMC/SZH on 19-03-2021.

TEACHING FACULTY, UNIT-I:

PROF. DR. MUBARAK ALI

MBBS, MCPS, FCPS
Professor & Head of Department.

PROF. DR. JAMAL ANWER

MBBS, FCPS

DR. RIAZ-UL-HAQ

MBBS, FCPS
Assistant Professor

DR. SAJIDA KHALID

MBBS, FCPS
Assistant Professor

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Tayyab

MBBS, FCPS
Senior Registrar

Dr. Muhammad Sarfraz-ur-Rehman

MBBS, FCPS
Senior Registrar

 DR. M. TAHIR JAVED AKHTAR

MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (Chief Resident)
Consultant Pediatrician

DR. ASHIQ HUSSAIN

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 more than 250 operating beds. Approximately 230-250 patients remain admitted in the ward with daily turnover of about 100 patients. The department provides facilities in the following sections.

  1. Neonatal ICU
  2. Pediatric ICU
  3. Well baby nursery & sick baby bursary
  4. Pediatric Emergency
  5. Other sections: Gastro, Nephrology / Neurology, Cardiology/Pulmonology, Isolation
  6. Stabilization center for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
  7. Center for Thalassemia Care (CTC)
  8. Pediatric & Emergency OPD for general and referred patients.
  9. Pediatric Pharmacy
  10. Physiotherapy
  11. Nutritionists for nutritional counseling

 b. PATIENT’S STATICS:

Sr. No. Description 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 Out-Door Patients 113757 99111 96799 84301 86544 54632
2 In-Door Patients 18819 29036 30599 35116 39803 19447
3 Patients Turn Out / Day 50-60 pt 70-80 pt 80-85 pt 90-110 90-110 55-90
4 Hospital Stay in Days 3-10

days

3-8

days

3-8

days

3-7 days 3-7 days 3-7 days
5 Bed Occupancy 140% 155% 155% 170% 170% 100%

 c. For Trainees (Under-Graduate & Post-Graduates).

For continuous professional development, CME, teaching & training of undergraduate & postgraduate students, Pediatric department is fully equipped with all modern Modes of Information Transmissions (MITs) including.

    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 hands on training of Neonatal Resuscitation.
    5. Material & facilities for workshops on Thalassemia, SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition) Management, Bronchial Asthma etc.
    6. Structured teaching & training programs for PG trainees strictly in accordance with the CPSP & UHS guidelines.
    7. E-Library having free access most of National & International Pediatric Journal.

Accomplishments & Achievements:

Right from the start, the department has setup high values & standards of Under-Graduate & Post-Graduate teaching & training. Pediatric Department was declared as the “The Best Clinical Teaching Department” and PROF. DR. MUBARAK ALI as “The Best Clinical Teacher” by the 1st final year MBBS session 2009-10. Later on, whenever voting by the outgoing Final year was conducted, the results were the same.

The following doctors has attained their post-graduate degree while being in the department.

1.        Dr. M. Tahir Javed Akhtar (MCPS)            2004
2.        Dr. Ashiq Hussain (MCPS)                2008
3.        Dr. Muhammad Sajid (DCH)           2010
4.        Dr. Raghib Iqbal (FCPS) 2011
5.        Dr. Javeria Younis (FCPS)          2014
6.        Dr. Zahid Mehmood(FCPS) 2016
7.        Dr. Qasim Mehmood (MCPS) 2018                           
8.        Dr. Zahid Mehmood Baloch (FCPS)  2018
9.        Dr. Muhammad Adnan Zafar (FCPS)                      2018
10.    Dr. Sajida Khalid (FCPS) 2018
11.    Dr. Riaz-ul-Haq (FCPS)                     2019
12.    Dr. Riaz Ahmad (FCPS) 2019
13.    Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Tayyab (FCPS) 2019
14.    Dr. Fozia Ahmed (FCPS) 2019
15.    Dr. Muhammad Imran Danish (FCPS) 2020
16.    Dr. Muhammad Talal Arshad (FCPS) 2020
17.    Dr. Mudassar Rasheed (FCPS) 2020
18.    Dr. Muhammad Usman (MCPS) 2021
19.    Dr. Qamar Hussain (MCPS) 2021

 

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 2015-16 13 97%
10 2016-17 11 96%
11 2017-18 06 99%
12 2018-19 01 98%

 

PAEDIATRIC UNIT-II

PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM

Head of Pediatric Unit-II

Pediatric Unit-II was established on 25-10-2018.

1st Head: Prof. Dr. Jamal Anwar, MBBS, FCPS from 25-10-2018 to 18-03-2021.

Current Head: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Laghari, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (Gold Medalist) from      19-03-2021 to date.

 

Teaching Faculty of Pediatric Unit-II

PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM
MBBS, MCPS, FCPS
Head of Pediatric Unit-II,
DR. RAGHIB IQBAL
MBBS, MCPS, FCPS
Associate Professor
DR. ZAHID MEHMOOD
MBBS, FCPS
Assistant Professor
DR. ZAHID MEHMOOD BALOCH
MBBS, FCPS
Assistant Professor
DR. MUDASSAR RASHEED
MBBS, FCPS
Senior Registrar,
DR. QAMAR HUSSAIN,
MBBS, MCPS
Consultant Pediatrician