# Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex Lahore

Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore (SZMC) (Urdu: شیخ زید میڈیکل کمپلیکس لاہور) is one of the premier medical institutions and the first facility offering liver transplant (جگر ٹرانسپلانٹ) in Pakistan. located at the geographic center of Lahore, Pakistan.

## History

Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore Started as a donation from Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and people of United Arab Emirates was commissioned on 8 September as Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute and Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore in the year 1986.

## Complex

The medical complex comprises five components:
* Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) & National Institute of Kidney Diseases (NIKD)
* Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College (SKZMDC)
* Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute (SZPGMI)
* National Health Research Complex (NHRC)
* Sheikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences (SFIN & HS)

## Facilities Available

* Accident & Emergency 24/7
* Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Providing a complete range of General Surgical and Cancer Surgery Services for all Solid Organ Cancers)
* Gastroenterology with services of endoscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP procedures
* Liver Transplant
* Renal Transplantation and Renal Haemodialysis.
* Nutritional rehabilitation
* Neonatal and Pediatric intensive care unit
* Central Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with Central Oxygen and Suction System
* Coronary Care Unit (CCU) Facilities
* Cardiology
* Angiography, Angioplasty, Cardiac Bypass, Heart Valves Replacement and all sorts of Cardiac Operations and procedures
* Heart lung lab with services of echocardiography, EET and Holter monitoring
* Lungs function lab with services of bronchoscopy procedures
* Physiotherapy and Manual therapy on both indoor and outdoor basis
* Latest Physiotherapy Equipment, Rehabilitation Center and Orthopaedic Workshop
* Neuroangiography, Electromyography (EMG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and all kind of sophisticated Neurosurgical operations
* Operations of Plastic Surgery and cosmetology Lip Augmentation, Rhioplasty)
* Dental Surgery
* All kinds of Orthopedic Operations
* All kind of Eye and Otorhinolaryngology Operations
* Surgical Operations of all kind for neonates, children, young and old patients
* Anesthesia and Pain medicine
* Rheumatology Dept. The first dedicated indoor facility for patients suffering from auto-immune disease was inaugurated at Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore on Wednesday 14-Mar-2017.
* All kind of diagnostic investigations
==References==
* ↑ Dawn.com (23 September 2011). "The doctor who made history".
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* ↑ "Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical & Dental College Lahore - Pakistan".
* ↑ "Rheumatology clinic opens at SZH". 16 March 2017.
* ↑ "Sheikh Zayed Hospital inaugurates Rheumatology Department". www.newstv.pk. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16.
* ↑ "Lahore News HD".
* ↑ Malik AA, Afzal MF, Majid HJ, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines For The Management Of Colorectal Cancer, A Consensus Statement By The Society Of Surgeons® And Surgical Oncology Society Of Pakistan®. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021;71(Suppl 6)(10):S1-S7.