Benazir Bhutto Hospital

Benazir Bhutto Hospital, also known as the Rawalpindi General Hospital, is a teaching hospital located on the Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[1] It is a major teaching hospital offering basic specialties as well as psychiatry, orthopaedics, urology and cardiology. It is associated with Rawalpindi Medical University.[2]

Benazir Bhutto Hospital
Geography
LocationRawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Organisation
Care systemPublic
FundingPublic hospital
TypeTeaching, District General
Affiliated universityRawalpindi Medical University
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds750
Public transit accessRawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus
History
Opened1957 (1957)
Links
Websitebbh.org.pk
ListsHospitals in Pakistan

It is both the place where Liaqat Ali Khan died on 16 October 1951 and where Benazir Bhutto died on 27 December 2007. Both were Prime Ministers of Pakistan; both were assassinated in Liaqat National Bagh; and they were treated at the hospital by two doctors both called Khan, who were father and son.[3]

History

The hospital was opened as a district headquarters hospital in 1957.[1][4]

Departments

The Psychiatry Department has been upgraded to the Institute of Psychiatry, the first of its kind in Punjab. The Institute of Psychiatry is also the regional center of W.H.O. for mental health.

Notes
  1. Tanoli, Qadeer (18 December 2022). "Without a triage". BOL News.
  2. "List of Pakistan Medical Schools". 23 April 2002. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. "BBC World Service - The Assassination, Episode 6: The Murder". BBC. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  4. "Benazir Bhutto Hospital". Government of the Punjab. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

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