King Edward Medical University Lahore

Founded in 1987 as a 6 bedded facility in an unnoticeable nook of the Chest Surgery ward, the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, King Edward Medical University today comprises 94 beds and is the largest of its kind in Punjab. With a well-equipped 25 bedded burn center HDU and 5 bedded burn ICU, it is one of the best burn centers in the country. With the legendary Professor Abdul Hakim Babar as its pioneer, the department began galvanizing to greater heights commensurate with international standards under the aegis of his protégé and successor, Professor Farid Ahmad Khan. Currently headed by the dynamic Prof. Dr. Mustehsan Bashir, the department has fully acclimatized itself to the recent trends in our rapidly evolving specialty. Equipped with the latest machinery, all state-of-the-art procedures are being performed in the unit including reconstructive, cosmetic, microvascular, and trauma surgery. The department takes emergency as well as elective referrals not only from Punjab but from the whole country. Today the department caters to a staggering average of 16320 patients annually and operates on 2544 patients yearly.

• Neela Gumbad Lahore.