INTRODUCTION:
Rahim Yar Khan has been an important city of former Bahawalpur State. In 1947, the Nawab of Bahawalpur acceded the state to Pakistan and it became part of the later. Rahim Yar Khan District Head Quarter (DHQ) hospital was established in 1950. Later on this hospital was named Sheikh Zayed Hospital. When the Sheikh Zayed Medical College was established this hospital was affiliated with it as the teaching hospital in 2003.
Crossroad location of Rahim Yar Khan and its catchment area
THE INSTITUTION: SHEIKH ZAYED MEDICAL COLLEGE / HOSPITAL
Sheikh Zayed Medical College was a very much needed and highly desirous not only to the Rahim Yar Khan District but also for Rajan Pur and Districts of upper Sindh like Ghotki and Sukkar etc. It also has drainage from the people of areas of Dera Bugti, Dera Murad Jamali and other neighbouring districts of Baluchistan Province. This is a blessing and long standing dream that came true, for the people of central part of Pakistan, at the junction of three Provinces.
Sheikh Zayed Medical College was established and started its working in the building of Sheikh Zayed Hospital which is now attached with college. This Hospital was started as civil Hospital in the Municipal Committee building in 1928 with 50 beds strength. The quality of health care in all aspects and number of beds were increased in different phases to a 743 beds hospital at present, with a state of the art emergency department. This number will increase upto more than 1300 beds in a few years. Emergency department will be 120 bedded with all diagnostic, curative and indoor facilities.
Sheikh Zayed Medical College has been established to become a role model for medical education and patient care. With this aim, the first batch for MBBS students of this college started its academic session in Quaid-e- Azam Medical College, Bahawal Pur in year 2003. Later Sheikh Zayed Medical College campus started functioning and 1st year MBBS class was started here. Later, 2nd year MBBS class was called from Quaid e Azam Medical College, Bahawal Pur to Sheikh Zayed Medical College Rahim Yar khan.
Beautiful view of New Building Sheikh Zayed Medical College.
HISTORY: DHQ Hospital had already existing functional Eye Department and now the addition of faculty members and installation of modern machinery made it an important center of excellence for the huge area of lower Punjab, upper Sindh and most of areas of Baluchistan. Sheikh Zayed Medical College Eye Department is playing an important role in managing down trodden people from its catchments area and providing the services for which they previously had to travel either to Lahore or Karachi. Our faculty consists of highly qualified and experienced teachers and surgeons. We have five fellows, three diploma holder Doctors and one Optometrist with good teaching and clinical experience. It is to be noted that almost all the doctors including Medical Officers presently working in Eye Department have postgraduate qualifications. Our Department is providing excellent services to the common public. This is evident by the poem presented to our Departmental staff by a patient named Mr. Shahbaz Lahoti. This patient was operated upon for both his eyes in April 2007.
Ophthalmology Department of Sheikh Zayed Hospital was established from the start of the District Hospital Rahim Yar Khan in 1952.
Date OF Recognition
Date of Recognition of department with PMDC is 01-05-2007.
Date of Recognition of department with CPSP is 20-01-2009.
Head of Ophthalmology Department
Dr. Muhammad Siddique.
Dr. Muhammad Siddique
Faculty Member | Photo |
Dr. Muhammad Siddique |  |
Dr. Muhammad Ajmal |  |
Dr. Razaullah Khan |  |
Dr. Sajjad M. Haider |  |
Dr. Hafiz Muhammd |  |
DEPARTMENT’S LATEST GROUP PHOTO
FACULTY MEMBER’S LATEST GROUP PHOTO
Facilities:
Eye Department comprises of 40 bedded ward, fully equipped OPD and Operation theatre. There are two diagnostic rooms equipped with Yag Laser, Argon Laser, Keratometer, Perkin’s tonometer and Ultrasound A & B scans. Latest Fundus Angiography is also available along with all the necessary diagnostic tools. Indoor also has a well established class room for teaching purposes. The OPD is fully furnished with latest equipment like Autorefrector, slit lamp Biomicroscopes, Direct Ophthalmoscopes, Indirect Ophthalmoscope, advanced Automated Visual Fields and latest Refraction Unit. 90D, 78D, Triple mirror Gonioscopes, Contact lens, Applanation Tonometer, Air puff Tonometer and four latest Slit lamps with Audio visual aid for teaching purpose. Our Theater is very well equipped with four operation tables, four microscopes, three Phaco Emulsification and one posterior Vitrectomy machines. Two general anesthesia machines are also available in Eye O.T. Recently Low Vision Clinic and Vitreoretinal Operation Theatre and keratoplasty Operation Theatres have been established which are the best working units in Southern Punjab.
Achievements:
Average monthly patients at OPD are eight thousand (8000) and approximately 250 admissions while most of the surgery is done on day care bases. We perform five local Anesthesia lists/week & two lists of GA/week. We perform approximately 250 major surgeries and 250 minor surgeries per month. The result in the final exams of Medical Students taken by UHS is more than 99%. This department is declared fully accredited for complete four years training of FCPS and two years training of MCPS programs after inspection of CPSP delegates. MS Ophthalmology two years programs is also fully accredited by UHS. Moreover, the department was also nominated as best Eye Department in whole Punjab in years 2013-14.
World sight Day 2024
World sight Day 2024
World Glaucoma day 2024
Participation of PGRs in quiz competition in Nishter Medical University Multan
Online Quiz Competition 2024
Online Quiz Competition in cake cutting
MS DS Meeting 2024
Visit of Principal & M.S in Ophthalmology Department to see the patients of Corneal Transplantation 2024
Participation of Ophthalmology Department in 42nd Lahore Opthalmo in 2024
Second Quiz Competition in Karachi (Mehran Hotel) 2025
Awards Achievements by PGRs in Quiz Competition in Karachi (Mehran Hotel) 2025
Visit of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam in Ophthalmology Department from USA President of APPNA 2025
Future Plans:
- Establishment of Peadriatic Ophthalmology Unit.
- Establishment of corneal bank and corneal transplant Unit.
- Establishment of Vitreo-retina Unit.
- Establishment of Glaucoma Unit
- Establishment of Cornea Unit.
- Research and development.
- First Head of Department Dr. Muhammad Siddique Mann.
- Prof. Dr. Mahmood Saeed remained HOD from 2006 to 2017.
- Prof. Dr. Salah-ud-Din Arbi remained HOD from 2017 to 13-04-2024.
- Currently Dr. Muhammad Siddique is HOD since 14-04-2024.
