Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
# Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Urdu: پاکستان دانش کدہ برائے طبّی سائنس, abbreviated as PIMS) is a research oriented health sciences institute located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

It is one of the region's leading tertiary level hospitals which includes 22 medical and surgical specialist centers. It provides medical training through the Quaid-e-Azam Postgraduate Medical College which was established on 1 February 1989.

Later on Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University was established through act of parliament in 2013. The first vice chancellor was professor Dr. Javed Akram who served till 2018.

## History

Established in 1985 the institute includes three semi-autonomous hospitals including the Islamabad Hospital (IH) which is a 592-bed hospital spread over 3.5 hectares, the 230 Bedded Children's Hospital spread over 1.6 hectares specializing in pediatric care and the 125 bedded Maternal & Child Health Care Centrel which specializes in obstetrics and gynaecology.

## Hospital departments

The medical care departments of the institute are:

* Anesthesia
* Blood Bank
* Burn Center
* Cardiology
* Critical Care
* Dentistry
* Dermatology
* General Medicine
* E.N.T.
* Gastroenterology
* Gynecology
* Neonatology
* Nephrology
* Neurology
* Neurosurgery
* Oncology
* Ophthalmology
* Pathology
* Plastic Surgery
* Psychiatry
* Pulmonology
* Radiology
* Rheumatology
* General surgery-I
* Urology
* Infectious disease

### Treatment of patients

In 2018, according to PIMS Gastroenterology Department, there was a 30 per cent increase in patients at this hospital compared to the number of patients in 2016-17.

## Teaching institutes

The Medical colleges and school affiliated with the institute are:

* Quaid-e-Azam Postgraduate Medical College
* Federal Medical & Dental College
* College of Nursing (offer 02 year Post RN B.Sc, 04 year Generic BS Nursing and 01 year specialize Nsg courses in 07 sub-specialties)
* School of Nursing
