Services Hospital
Services Hospital is located on Jail Road Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan opposite to the race course park and is the teaching hospital of Services Institute of Medical Sciences(SIMS). It is recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, for under-graduate as well as by College of Physicians and Surgeons for post graduate training.

History
 1958: A separate outdoor mini hospital for government employees, as a satellite clinic of Mayo Hospital.
 1960: Clinic named as Wahdat Hospital. Subsequently renamed as Services Hospital.
 1977: Services Hospital becomes the teaching hospital for the newly formed Allama Iqbal Medical College(AIMC).
 1995: Teaching hospital for Postgraduate Medical Institute(PGMI).
 1999: Declared as autonomous medical Institute with a management board to look after the affairs and give policy guide lines.
 2002: Services Hospital declared as the teaching hospital for the newly formed Services Institute of Medical Sciences(SIMS).

Services

Initially established in 1958 with 60 beds to provide basic health facilities to the government employees, the hospital has expanded considerably and has been totally transformed over the years. This change started when it was declared as a teaching hospital attached to AIMC in 1977. Today its 1196 beds are located in 31 departments, with 27 major and 8 minor operation theaters and an out-patient attendance of 700 patients (on an average) per day. Fiscal constraints have led to seeking out alternative avenues of funding including philanthropic support.

Recent developments
 Renovation of Ophthalmology Department
 Renovation of ENT Department with modern purpose built operation theaters suitable for fiber-optic sinus surgery.
 Renovation & up-gradation of four teaching medical units and one non-teaching medical ward
 Renovation of the surgical- gynaecology blocks
 A purpose built OPD Block 
 A purpose built Radiology and specialties block (under- construction)
 Development of Paeds Emergency Department
 Establishment of Endocrine & Diabetic Unit, Medical ICU and Critical Care Units
 Up gradation of main Operation Theaters, Neurosurgery Operation Theatres, Private Rooms and General Wards
 Construction of new residential block for doctors of SIMS/SH
 Improvement of employees residential colony
 Establishment of the first public sector Assisted Conception Unit in Pakistan.
 Up-gradation of pathology department with improved quality control & ISO 9002 and ISO 15142 certifications for all the four segments of pathology.
 Development of protocol for the diagnostic services – Pathology, Radiology – defining the workflow, time lag for each stage, QC and reporting of results within the specified time span.
 Improved and secure parking facilities for the doctors and staff
 Construction of purpose built M&R department with computerized complaint management. 
 Establishing the first minimally invasive surgical suit and training center that is recognized by CPSP for training in the field – a follow-up training course has already been conducted where national as well as Indian, Nepalese, Siri-lankan doctors were trained.
 Establishment of state of art Library with integrated e-library, e-journals, Wi-Fi access for the students and in-house cache server for SIMS/SH.
 Construction of comprehensive storm water and sewage disposal system to prevent annual risk of inundation during rainy season
 Up gradation / Operationalization of Central Surgical Sterilization Department (CSSD) for provision of germ free surgical environment for operation theaters and casualty department, with instruments and linen sterilized to the internationally acceptable standard. 
The aging infra-structure remains severely overstretched resulting in electrical overload and fire accidents.

Medical Examination Department (MED)
Services hospital provides a service of medical examination and declaration of fitness prior to recruitment. Dr. Ahtisham ul Haq (MBBS, MPH,FRSPH) served here as in-charge for about ten years.

Maintenance and Repair Department (M&R)
It is housed in a newly constructed three storied building with purpose built work benches and machinery for maintanince and repair. It is connected to each unit through Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) for on line complaint recording and redressal.

Endocrine Unit and Diabetes management center (EU & DMC)
EU & DMC is a purpose built facility to cater for the needs of diabetes and endocrine disorders. It was established in 2002 by Prof. Faisal Masud as diabetes clinic and latter on shifted to its present purpose built site. The project was conceived, planned and executed, entirely by him. It was completed in 2 years, at a cost of 30 million, contributed as donation, by him, his family and his philanthropist friends. The creation of the center was a revolutionary concept in the public health sector, as it was envisaged as a self-sustaining autonomous project under the umbrella of a public sector organization. Over the years the centre has managed to sustain this economic model by increasing the turn-over of patients and improving turnaround time per patient seen. Current turnover at DMC is around 200 patients daily.

Endocrinology services
Endocrinology Unit is committed to providing the highest level of care for the full spectrum of endocrine disorders. It has started a number of multidisciplinary and subspeciality clinics offering comprehensive outpatient and inpatient services for a wide range of endocrine and metabolic diseases including:

Pituitary disorders.
Thyroid diseases.
Androgen disorders- testosterone deficiency and erectile dysfunction.
Growth disorders and growth hormone replacement therapy.
Obesity and weight management programmes.
Post-bariatric surgery clinic.
Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disorders.
Full endocrine testing.
Fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules.
Full range of dynamic  endocrine tests such as insulin tolerance test, water deprivation test, Euglycemic Clamp, OGTT, etc.

Endocrinology clinics
To ensure proper care and follow-up of our patients, specialized endocrine clinics are held daily. 

THYROID CLINIC
A multidisciplinary clinic for the diagnosis and management of all thyroid disorders, it was initially started on a weekly basis but as the number of thyroid patients has increased steadily, thyroid clinic is now held thrice weekly to accommodate them. A total of 550 patients with thyroid problems are currently registered with the unit. It operates in collaboration with the Nuclear Medicine department of INMOL and CENUM. Several procedures are undertaken including ultrasound of neck and FNAC thyroid in collaboration with Radiology department.

VIRILISATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CLINIC
Weekly clinic provides guidance and support to patients with reproductive health and currently has 200 patients enrolled. It offers diagnostic and treatment facilities like induction of puberty in hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, evaluation of infertility, workup of Polycystic ovarian syndrome.

OBESITY AND METABOLIC CLINIC
The clinic is held on Friday every week and evaluates patients with varying degrees of obesity, provides expert dietary advise and appropriate psychological support and counseling as well as patient education. 300 patients so far are registered with the clinic. We liaise with the Bariatric surgery Unit, Surgical unit 4 for management of patients with morbid obesity. The clinic offers a number of facilities like Nutrition evaluation with computer-based softwareIndirect calorimeter, fully furnished metabolic kitchen for diet and menu planning, analysis and demonstration.

PITUITARY AND GROWTH CLINIC
Patients with pituitary gland problems, adenoms, growth retardation etc. are seen on Saturday every week with 140 patients  registered with this clinic so far. Dynamic pituitary tests including insulin tolerance test, Water deprivation test are conducted with full protocol. It works in collaboration with eye department and neurosurgery for treatment e.g. of pituitary adenomas and  with Radiology department for imaging interpretation.

ADRENAL CLINIC
Patients with adrenal-related disorders like Addison’s disease, Cushing’ syndrome, phaeochromocytoma, Conn’s syndrome are also assessed weekly. To date, 50 patients of adrenal disorders are enrolled with the clinic. Procedure under taken include CRH testing, dexamethasone suppression test, Synacthen test. Research Project: Cortisol hypersensitivity syndrome in collaboration with a Dutch team.

PARATHYROID AND BONE CLINIC
The clinic is held every Wednesday to assess patients with conditions like parathyroid adenoms, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism. A number of patients with various parathyroid disorders are registered so far with the clinic. Procedures undertaken include Heel densitometry, VAS scoring for shin tenderness, DEXA scan in collaboration with CENUM. Ongoing research project is estimation of bone mineral density (BMD) in vitamin D deficient patients

Department of Medicine
Department of Internal medicine is geared to provide a foundation on which allied medical specialties can be built upon. As a first point of contact for any patient who seeks a medical advice as an out-patient or in accident & emergency department the internist is trained to have a holistic approach towards a patient, analyzing various health related issues and seek advice from his supervisors and other colleagues with highly specialized skills to offer comprehensive and best possible management plan for the patient.The internal medicine department comprises five medical units including four postgraduate teaching units and one specialist medical unit. Each unit has its independent working team of consultants with their own special interests including gastroenterology, nephrology and rheumatology etc. They are assisted by senior registrars and post graduate trainee registrars and house officers. Each medical unit has capacity of 40 beds with 36 hours emergency and 12 hours outpatient working rota per week. Although it is a nominal capacity, occupancy rate is often more than 100% by addition of beds. Huge patient turn over in A&E department often forces a rapid patient turnover compromising the ability of the teacher to demonstrate disease evolution to the patient.

Department of Surgery
There are four teaching

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Department of O&G consists of three teaching and one non-teaching units of 50 beds each. Demand for services provided often far exceeds the supply resulting in long waiting list for elective procedures.

Department of Paediatric Medicine

This department has two teaching units and a dedicated nursery to cater for the babies in need of intensive treatment. Nursery is often over-crowded and suffered a fire accident resulting in death of numerous new-born babies.

Department of Orthopaedic
Is a professorial unit with 50 beds.

Department of Diagnostic Radiology
This department has a professorial unit and a specialist unit. Together they provide diagnostic facilities ranging from CT scan, ultrasound, Doppler studies, fluoroscopy as well as routine radiological services.

School of Nursing at Services Hospital Lahore
School of Nursing is situated just next to the hospital and has dedicated teaching staff, some of them are with BSc and MSc degrees in nursing. It takes on students every year for a three-year training program leading to a diploma in nursing.
The objective is to produce dedicated healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities. This school is supervised by Pakistan Nursing Council. PNC provides registration (license) to Nurses, Midwives, Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) and Nursing Auxiliaries to practice in Pakistan. The PNC is an autonomous, regulatory body to register (license) Nurses, Midwives, Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) and Nursing Auxiliaries to practice in Pakistan. PNC was established in 1948.

Planned future developments
BScN 4 yrs Program
Diploma in Midwifery
Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery
Diploma in Post Basic Nursing

Death of Suneel Saleem
On March 26, 2018 Suneel Saleem died after a fight with Services Hospital guards and doctors over the families objection to treatment of his sister allegedly over her Christian faith. The hospital denies religious bias.

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External links
Services Institute of Medical Sciences