Department of Orthopeadic Surgery

Overview

The department of orthopaedics started functioning in March 1986, when the PIMS was formally commissioned. In the beginning it only provided the outpatient and emergency services. In 1987 regular indoor and operation theater facilities were added. It not only provides health care to the patients of Capital territory, but also looks after the referred patients from the northern Punjab, AJK, KPK and Gilgit.At present, it has 45 inpatient beds in SW-2,two operation theaters fully functional 6 days a week. The department provides outpatient facilities to some 3000 patients per month and 24/7 trauma care in the A&E department.Besides providing management of fractures, the elective surgeries include, arthoplasties (hip, knee, shoulder & elbow), complex osteotomies and Illizarovfixation , surgeries for DDH, CTEV, and polio .

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Dr. Rizwan Hameed Malik

FACULTY

About Us

The department of orthopaedics started functioning in March 1986, when the PIMS was formally commissioned. In the beginning it only provided the outpatient and emergency services. In 1987 regular indoor and operation theater facilities were added. It not only provides health care to the patients of Capital territory, but also looks after the referred patients from the northern Punjab, AJK, KPK and Gilgit.At present, it has 45 inpatient beds in SW-2,two operation theaters fully functional 6 days a week. The department provides outpatient facilities to some 3000 patients per month and 24/7 trauma care in the A&E department.Besides providing management of fractures, the elective surgeries include, arthoplasties (hip, knee, shoulder & elbow), complex osteotomies and Illizarovfixation , surgeries for DDH, CTEV, and polio .

The department of Orthopaedics has played a pivotal role in the management of mass casualties from numerous national disasters and terrorist attacks. To name a few, Ojhari camp explosion-1988, Egyptian embassy bomb blast-1997, Faisalabad gas explosion-1998, Bano arcade collapse-2003, Fath Jang terrorist attack-2004, Bari Imam bomb blast-2004, Earth Quake-2005, Siege of Lal Masjid-2007, ÃƒÂ® Ã‚Âolice Station bomb blast-2007, F-8 Lawyers convention bomb blast-2007, Luna Caprice bomb blast-2008, Marriot bombing-2008 and last but not the least, Air Blue plane crash-2010.

The initial staff consisted of Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and medical officers later with the inception of QPGMC, post graduate trainees were enrolled for M.S. Ortho & FCPS-II programs in orthopaedic surgery. At present, 22 residentshave enrolled for training. During their initial years the residents are encouraged to be well versed with the management plan of most of the routine emergency patients and they prepare two presentations per week. During their later years they are supervised in the operation theaters for ÃƒÂ¡Ã‚Â®Ã‚Â¤s onÃƒÂ¬Ã‚Â¥Ã‚Â¡rningof orthopaedic surgery skills.The testament to the success for these programs is clear from the fact that we have 22 FCPS-II(Ortho) and 24 MS (Ortho) qualifications, since 1992.In collaboration with the dept of surgery, we hold Trauma management and BLS workshops, at least twice a year.